cirio
Spanish, noun/ˈθiɾjo/
cirio is spelled C-I-R-I-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cirio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a long, thick wax candle, often used in religious ceremonies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vela larga y gruesa para encenderse durante celebraciones litúrgicas”.
What does cirio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea long, thick wax candle, often used in religious ceremonies
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vela larga y gruesa para encenderse durante celebraciones litúrgicas. 2. Árbol de hasta 20 m de altura, 24 cm de grosor, con ramas tendientes a la perpendicularidad con respecto al tronco, hojas de 1,5 a 4 cm de longitud. Es casi endémico del desierto de Baja California, México. Su denominación taxonómica de género y especie es Fouquieria columnaris. 3. Altercado, disturbio, perturbación.
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 cirio
- cirios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cirio?
- /ˈθiɾjo/
- [ˈθi.ɾjo]
- /ˈsiɾjo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cirio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cirio in Spanish?
cirio appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).