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arrecho

Spanish, adjective

arrecho is spelled A-R-R-E-C-H-O (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,063rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrecho is a Spanish adjective meaning “horny, randy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of arrechar. With an accent, arrechó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of arrechar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tieso o rígido”.

What does arrecho mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    vulgarhorny, randy

  2. 2

    vulgarerect, hard

  3. 3

    colloquialangry, pissed off

  4. 4

    Mexicocolloquialbrave, energetic

  5. 5

    colloquialawesome, cool

  6. 6

    colloquialdifficult, hard

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of arrechar

verb

as arrechó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of arrechar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Tieso o rígido. 2. Figurativamente, de sumo rigor, arrogancia o arrojo. 3. Afectado por la ira de manera puntual o continuada. 4. Que manifiesta un marcado apetito carnal, en especial sexual.

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 arrecho

  • arrecha feminine
  • arrechos masculine plural
  • arrechas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to arrecho

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is arrecho in Spanish?

arrecho appears 1.3 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).

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