beso
Spanish, noun
beso is spelled B-E-S-O (4 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “kiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of besar. With an accent, besó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of besar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Caricia que se da con los labios u otras partes de la boca para saludar o como señal de afecto o pasión”.
What does beso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekiss
Los besos son la cura para todo.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of besar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of besar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caricia que se da con los labios u otras partes de la boca para saludar o como señal de afecto o pasión 2. Gesto que simula esta caricia, sin implicar efectivamente contacto físico
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 beso
- besos plural
- besito diminutive
- besote augmentative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to beso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beso in Spanish?
beso appears 28 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).