caudillo
Spanish, noun/kauˈdiʝo/
caudillo is spelled C-A-U-D-I-L-L-O (8 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caudillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “military leader, caudillo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quien, como cabeza y superior, guía y manda a gente de guerra”.
What does caudillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemilitary leader, caudillo
- 2
masculinewarlord
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Quien, como cabeza y superior, guía y manda a gente de guerra. 2. Quien lidera o es director de algún gremio, comunidad o cuerpo.
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 caudillo
- caudillos plural
- cabdillo alternative obsolete
- caudilla feminine
- caudillas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caudillo?
- /kauˈdiʝo/
- [kau̯ˈð̞i.ʝo]
- [kawˈð̞iʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caudillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caudillo in Spanish?
caudillo appears 3.7 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).