argot
Spanish, noun/aɾˈɡot/
argot is spelled A-R-G-O-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 38,543rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Argot is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “slang, argot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vocabulario especializado o terminología empleada exclusivamente por personas que comparten una especialidad…”.
What does argot mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslang, argot
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vocabulario especializado o terminología empleada exclusivamente por personas que comparten una especialidad, un oficio o una actividad.
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 argot
- argots plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce argot?
- /aɾˈɡot/
- [aɾˈɣ̞ot̪]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to argot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is argot in Spanish?
argot appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).