caramillo
Spanish, noun/kaɾaˈmiʝo/
caramillo is spelled C-A-R-A-M-I-L-L-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish, the 252,202nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caramillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shawm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pequeño instrumento musical de viento y sonido muy agudo (flauta pequeña), generalmente elaborado de caña…”.
What does caramillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshawm
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pequeño instrumento musical de viento y sonido muy agudo (flauta pequeña), generalmente elaborado de caña, madera o hueso. 2. Instrumento musical de viento consistente en una serie de flautas o pipas en hilera. 3. Planta igual o similar a la barbilla (Salsola vermiculata), de tallo con vellos y leñoso, casi como de arbusto, y hojas agudas color verde claro.
noun: 1. Grupo de objetos amontonados de modo disperso o mal dispuesto. 2. Rumor o comentario, con elementos falsos, que causa tensiones, perjuicios, complicación y riñas.
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 caramillo
- caramillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caramillo?
- /kaɾaˈmiʝo/
- [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʝo]
- [kaɾaˈmiʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caramillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caramillo in Spanish?
caramillo appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).