clavillo
Spanish, noun/klaˈbiʝo/
clavillo is spelled C-L-A-V-I-L-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Spanish, the 271,310th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clavillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “synonym of clavito” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pasador que sujeta las varillas de un abanico o las dos hojas de unas tijeras”.
What does clavillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of clavito
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pasador que sujeta las varillas de un abanico o las dos hojas de unas tijeras. 2. Clavo (capullo seco de un clavero). 3. Cada una de las puntas de hierro colocadas en el puente y en el secreto del piano, para dar dirección a las cuerdas.
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 clavillo
- clavillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clavillo?
- /klaˈbiʝo/
- [klaˈβ̞i.ʝo]
- [klaˈβ̞iʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clavillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clavillo in Spanish?
clavillo appears about once in every 60 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).