bigote
Spanish, noun/biˈɡote/
bigote is spelled B-I-G-O-T-E (6 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,985th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bigote is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “moustache, mustache; moustaches, mustaches” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pilosidad que crece sobre el labio superior”.
What does bigote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoustache, mustache; moustaches, mustaches
- 2
masculinewhisker, whiskers (used when it's large and thick) (often in plural)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pilosidad que crece sobre el labio superior. 2. Por analogía, restos de bebida que quedan sobre el labio superior al beber de un vaso. 3. Por analogía con la forma del bigote₁, adorno gráfico ancho en el centro y ahusado hacia los extremos. 4. Drenaje para la ganga fundida que tienen algunos altos hornos.
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 bigote
- bigotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bigote?
- /biˈɡote/
- [biˈɣ̞o.t̪e]
- [biˈɣ̞ot̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bigote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bigote in Spanish?
bigote appears 5.6 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).