cerril
Spanish, adjective/θeˈril/
cerril is spelled C-E-R-R-I-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cerril is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “rough (of terrain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de un animal, que no está domado”.
What does cerril mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinerough (of terrain)
- 2
femininemasculinerough, rude (of a person)
- 3
femininemasculineunbroken, wild (of an animal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de un animal, que no está domado. 2. Por extensión, dicho de una persona, falta de refinamiento y elegancia. 3. Que no cambia su opinión o proceder, pese a las razones en sentido contrario. 4. Dicho de un terreno, irregular y difícil de transitar.
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 cerril
- cerriles feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cerril?
- /θeˈril/
- [θeˈril]
- /seˈril/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cerril
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cerril in Spanish?
cerril appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).