biso
Spanish, noun
biso is spelled B-I-S-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 213,186th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Biso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “byssus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of bisar. With an accent, bisó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of bisar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Haz de filamentos solidificados a partir de las secreciones del pie de ciertos moluscos bivalvos con el que…”.
What does biso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebyssus
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of bisar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of bisar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Haz de filamentos solidificados a partir de las secreciones del pie de ciertos moluscos bivalvos con el que se adhieren a las rocas o al suelo. 2. Estas fibras₁ utilizadas para la confección de tejidos.
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 biso
- bisos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to biso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is biso in Spanish?
biso appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).