carrillo
Spanish, noun/kaˈriʝo/
carrillo is spelled C-A-R-R-I-L-L-O (8 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carrillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cheek, jowl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte carnosa de la cara, desde la mejilla hasta lo bajo de la quijada”.
What does carrillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecheek, jowl
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte carnosa de la cara, desde la mejilla hasta lo bajo de la quijada. 2. Polea.
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 carrillo
- carrillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carrillo?
- /kaˈriʝo/
- [kaˈri.ʝo]
- [kaˈriʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carrillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carrillo in Spanish?
carrillo appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).