celos
Spanish, noun/ˈθelos/
celos is spelled C-E-L-O-S (5 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,966th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Celos is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “jealousy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recelo de que la persona amada haya mudado o mude su cariño”.
What does celos mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejealousy
- 2
masculinerut
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recelo de que la persona amada haya mudado o mude su cariño. 2. Recelo que alguien siente de que cualquier cosa que disfrute o pretenda llegue a ser alcanzado por otra persona. 3. Envidia.
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.
How do you pronounce celos?
- /ˈθelos/
- [ˈθe.los]
- /ˈselos/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to celos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is celos in Spanish?
celos appears 8.7 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).