chirimbolo
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃiɾimˈbolo/
chirimbolo is spelled C-H-I-R-I-M-B-O-L-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish, the 317,902nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chirimbolo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “thingy, whatsit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Objeto de forma extraña o complicada al que no se sabe como llamar”.
What does chirimbolo mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinethingy, whatsit
- 2
masculinecircular adornment
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objeto de forma extraña o complicada al que no se sabe como llamar. 2. Aparato redondo. 3. Herramienta, vasija o algo similar.
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 chirimbolo
- chirimbolos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chirimbolo?
- /t͡ʃiɾimˈbolo/
- [t͡ʃi.ɾĩmˈbo.lo]
- [t͡ʃiɾĩmˈbolo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chirimbolo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chirimbolo in Spanish?
chirimbolo appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).