canturreo
Spanish, noun
canturreo is spelled C-A-N-T-U-R-R-E-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 183,993rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canturreo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a crooning, a hum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of canturrear. With an accent, canturreó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of canturrear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de canturrear”.
What does canturreo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea crooning, a hum
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of canturrear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of canturrear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de canturrear.
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 canturreo
- canturreos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to canturreo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canturreo in Spanish?
canturreo appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).