chirlo
Spanish, noun
chirlo is spelled C-H-I-R-L-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 132,280th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chirlo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cut; slash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of chirlar. With an accent, chirló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of chirlar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cortada o herida en el rostro por efecto de un golpe, un cuchillada, etc”.
What does chirlo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecut; slash
- 2
masculinescar
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of chirlar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of chirlar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cortada o herida en el rostro por efecto de un golpe, un cuchillada, etc. 2. Marca en el rostro como resultado de una herida ya sanada. 3. Golpe o puñetazo que se da a alguien, especialmente en la cara. 4. Golpe con los dedos índice y del medio, y por juego se da en el brazo a otra persona.
noun: 1. Cantidad pequeña de alguna cosa.
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 chirlo
- chirlos plural
- chirlazo augmentative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is chirlo in Spanish?
chirlo 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).