berceo
Spanish, noun[beɾˈseo]
berceo is spelled B-E-R-C-E-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 94,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Berceo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Celtica gigantea (syn. Stipa gigantea), the giant needle grass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Stipa gigantea) Planta de la familia de las gramíneas, que aparece en las montañas del centro de la…”.
What does berceo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineCeltica gigantea (syn. Stipa gigantea), the giant needle grass.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Stipa gigantea) Planta de la familia de las gramíneas, que aparece en las montañas del centro de la Península Ibérica.
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 berceo
- berceos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce berceo?
- [beɾˈseo]
- [beɾˈθeo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is berceo in Spanish?
berceo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).