arco
Spanish, noun/ˈaɾko/
arco is spelled A-R-C-O (4 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,621st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bow (weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arma elaborada a partir de una barra material elástico amarrada por ambos extremos a una cuerda la cual se…”.
What does arco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebow (weapon)
tirar con arco
- 2
masculinebow (rod for an instrument)
- 3
masculinearc
- 4
masculinearc
- 5
masculinearch
- 6
Latin-Americamasculinegoal (structure)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arma elaborada a partir de una barra material elástico amarrada por ambos extremos a una cuerda la cual se utiliza para impulsar flechas. 2. Sección continua de una curva. 3. Elemento que permite sustentar el peso de una construcción sobre un hueco practicado en un muro o sobre columnas exentas. 4. Descarga eléctrica que se forma entre dos electrodos colocados en una atmósfera gaseosa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arco
- arcos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arco?
- /ˈaɾko/
- [ˈaɾ.ko]
- [ˈaɾko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arco in Spanish?
arco appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).