cantueso
Spanish, noun/kanˈtweso/
cantueso is spelled C-A-N-T-U-E-S-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cantueso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lavender” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Lavandula ssp) Planta de la familia de las labiadas de flores moradas semejante al espliego”.
What does cantueso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelavender
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Lavandula ssp) Planta de la familia de las labiadas de flores moradas semejante al espliego 2. Bebida espirituosa propia de la provincia de Alicante, España
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 cantueso
- cantuesos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantueso?
- /kanˈtweso/
- [kãn̪ˈt̪we.so]
- [kãn̪ˈt̪weso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cantueso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cantueso in Spanish?
cantueso appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).