cieno
Spanish, noun/ˈθjeno/
cieno is spelled C-I-E-N-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 87,581st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cieno is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “silt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mezcla de tierra y agua, en especial aquella que se produce en un bajío con agua estancada”.
What does cieno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesilt
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mezcla de tierra y agua, en especial aquella que se produce en un bajío con agua estancada. 2. Lodo blando que forma depósito en ríos, y sobre todo en lagunas o en sitios bajos y húmedos. 3. Figuradamente, bajeza o villanía moral.
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 cieno
- cienos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cieno?
- /ˈθjeno/
- [ˈθje.no]
- /ˈsjeno/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cieno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cieno in Spanish?
cieno appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).