cilindro
Spanish, noun
cilindro is spelled C-I-L-I-N-D-R-O (8 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cilindro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cylinder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of cilindrar. With an accent, cilindró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of cilindrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Figura geométrica que consiste en dos bases redondas de igual radio, unidas entre sí por aristas rectas”.
What does cilindro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecylinder
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of cilindrar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of cilindrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figura geométrica que consiste en dos bases redondas de igual radio, unidas entre sí por aristas rectas. 2. Pieza de la máquina que, girando sobre el molde, o sobre el papel si ella tiene los moldes, hace la impresión. 3. Pieza que por su movimiento de rotación bate y toma la tinta con que los rodillos han de bañar el molde. 4. Tubo en el que se mueve el émbolo de una máquina.
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 cilindro
- cilindros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cilindro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cilindro in Spanish?
cilindro appears 3.2 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).