canalizo
Spanish, noun
canalizo is spelled C-A-N-A-L-I-Z-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 75,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canalizo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fairway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of canalizar. With an accent, canalizó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of canalizar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Paso estrecho entre islas o tierras cercanas”.
What does canalizo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefairway
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of canalizar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of canalizar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paso estrecho entre islas o tierras cercanas. 2. Hueco hecho en cada uno de los lados de la caja de un mastilero en donde se fija la guindaleja, mientras se guinda o se cala el mástil.
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 canalizo
- canalizos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to canalizo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canalizo in Spanish?
canalizo appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).