celoso
Spanish, adjective/θeˈloso/
celoso is spelled C-E-L-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,258th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Celoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “jealous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene celos, esto es, que no quiere ver a una persona querida con otra que no sea ella, por miedo a…”.
What does celoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
jealous
- 2
zealous
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene celos, esto es, que no quiere ver a una persona querida con otra que no sea ella, por miedo a perderla. 2. Muy cuidadoso con su intimidad o sus secretos.
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 celoso
- celosa feminine
- celosos masculine plural
- celosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce celoso?
- /θeˈloso/
- [θeˈlo.so]
- /seˈloso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to celoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is celoso in Spanish?
celoso appears 7.1 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).