cinquillo
Spanish, noun[sĩŋˈkiʝo]
cinquillo is spelled C-I-N-Q-U-I-L-L-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish, the 244,405th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cinquillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a type of Latin American musical rhythm consisting of five-beat units” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Juego de naipes en el que hay que ir colocando las cartas en escalera a partir de los cincos y cuyo objetivo…”.
What does cinquillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea type of Latin American musical rhythm consisting of five-beat units
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Juego de naipes en el que hay que ir colocando las cartas en escalera a partir de los cincos y cuyo objetivo consiste en ser el primero en deshacerse de todos los naipes.
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 cinquillo
- cinquillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cinquillo?
- [sĩŋˈkiʝo]
- [sĩŋˈkiʎo]
- [sĩŋˈkiʃo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cinquillo in Spanish?
cinquillo appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).