asilo
Spanish, noun
asilo is spelled A-S-I-L-O (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,995th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asilo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shelter, refuge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of asilar. With an accent, asiló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of asilar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquier lugar que sirve de refugio para los perseguidos”.
What does asilo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshelter, refuge
- 2
masculineasylum (home)
- 3
masculineasylum (political asylum)
- 4
derogatorymasculineold people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers)
- 5
derogatorymasculineold people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of asilar
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of asir combined with lo
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of asilar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualquier lugar que sirve de refugio para los perseguidos. 2. Establecimiento caritativo donde se alberga a los pobres o menesterosos. 3. Amparo, protección, favor.
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 asilo
- asilos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to asilo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asilo in Spanish?
asilo appears 10 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).