cayuco
Spanish, noun/kaˈʝuko/
cayuco is spelled C-A-Y-U-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 152,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cayuco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cayuco” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Embarcación de una pieza a partir de un tronco de árbol vaciado, más pequeña que la canoa, con el fondo plano…”.
What does cayuco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecayuco
- 2
masculinepirogue
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Embarcación de una pieza a partir de un tronco de árbol vaciado, más pequeña que la canoa, con el fondo plano y sin quilla, que se impulsa y se dirige con un remo muy ancho llamado canalete y que se utiliza en las Antillas y otras partes de América. 2. Recientemente, barco o bote usado por los inmigrantes ilegales africanos para entrar en España.
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 cayuco
- cayucos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cayuco?
- /kaˈʝuko/
- [kaˈʝu.ko]
- [kaˈʝuko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cayuco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cayuco in Spanish?
cayuco appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).