chamuco
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃaˈmuko/
chamuco is spelled C-H-A-M-U-C-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 123,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chamuco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “devil, demon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Entidad sobrenatural que, según algunas religiones, tienta a los humanos a cometer el mal”.
What does chamuco mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicocolloquialmasculinedevil, demon
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entidad sobrenatural que, según algunas religiones, tienta a los humanos a cometer el mal.
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 chamuco
- chamucos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chamuco?
- /t͡ʃaˈmuko/
- [t͡ʃaˈmu.ko]
- [t͡ʃaˈmuko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chamuco in Spanish?
chamuco 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).