capulín
Spanish, noun/kapuˈlin/
capulín is spelled C-A-P-U-L-Í-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 141,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capulín is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Jamaican nettletree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Prunus salicifolia) drupácea que da por fruto la cereza del capulín, árbol originario de América del Norte”.
What does capulín mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineJamaican nettletree
- 2
masculinePrunus salicifolia
- 3
masculineEugenia capuli
- 4
masculinebitter-berry, chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Prunus salicifolia) drupácea que da por fruto la cereza del capulín, árbol originario de América del Norte. 2. Fruto comestible de este árbol.
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 capulín
- capulines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capulín?
- /kapuˈlin/
- [ka.puˈlĩn]
- [kapuˈlĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is capulín in Spanish?
capulín appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).