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ciclo

Spanish, noun

ciclo is spelled C-I-C-L-O (5 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,774th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciclo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cycle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ciclar. With an accent, cicló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of ciclar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Periodo de tiempo con unas características comunes, en contraposición al periodo anterior o posterior, que…”.

What does ciclo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecycle

  2. 2

    masculineseries

  3. 3

    masculineperiod

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of ciclar

prefix

as ciclo-
  1. 1

    cyclo-

verb

as cicló
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of ciclar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Periodo de tiempo con unas características comunes, en contraposición al periodo anterior o posterior, que tendrá unas características diferentes. 2. Bicicleta.

prefix: 1. Círculo, circular. 2. Molécula con una estructura cerrada en forma de anillo. 3. Bicicleta.

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 ciclo

  • ciclos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to ciclo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ciclo in Spanish?

ciclo appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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