cervatillo
Spanish, noun/θeɾbaˈtiʝo/
cervatillo is spelled C-E-R-V-A-T-I-L-L-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 123,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cervatillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fawn (young deer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ciervo de corta edad, tierno, de leche”.
What does cervatillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefawn (young deer)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ciervo de corta edad, tierno, de leche. 2. (Moschus) Animal parecido al cabrito, pero sin cuernos, que habita en Asia, en los bosques entre el Tibet y Tonquín. Tiene manos rectas, delgadas y flexibles; piernas robustas, pesadas y muy arqueadas; es de color pardo gris y a veces hierro oscuro, y tiene una especie de bolsa debajo del vientre, que contiene almizcle.
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 cervatillo
- cervatillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cervatillo?
- /θeɾbaˈtiʝo/
- [θeɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʝo]
- [seɾβ̞aˈt̪iʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cervatillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cervatillo in Spanish?
cervatillo appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).