callo
Spanish, noun
callo is spelled C-A-L-L-O (5 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,906th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Callo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “callus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of callar. With an accent, calló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of callar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Endurecimiento de algún tejido animal, y en particular de la piel humana, por fricción, roce o enfermedad”.
What does callo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecallus
- 2
masculinecorn (on the feet)
- 3
Spainmasculinetripe
- 4
colloquialmasculinean ugly person
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of callar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of callar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Endurecimiento de algún tejido animal, y en particular de la piel humana, por fricción, roce o enfermedad. 2. Cada extremo o final de una herradura. 3. Piezas de metal (chapas, herraduras) con que se protegen las pezuñas de vacas, bueyes, etc. 4. Persona muy fea.
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 callo
- callos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to callo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is callo in Spanish?
callo appears 2.2 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).