colmillo
Spanish, noun/kolˈmiʝo/
colmillo is spelled C-O-L-M-I-L-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,689th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colmillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “canine tooth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Diente agudo y fuerte, colocado en cada uno de los lados de las hileras que forman los dientes incisivos…”.
What does colmillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecanine tooth
- 2
masculinetusk, fang
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diente agudo y fuerte, colocado en cada uno de los lados de las hileras que forman los dientes incisivos, entre el último de estos y la primera muela. 2. Cada uno de los dientes prolongados fuera de la boca, en forma de cuerno, que tienen algunos animales; como los elefantes, las morsas o algunas especies de jabalíes.
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 colmillo
- colmillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colmillo?
- /kolˈmiʝo/
- [kolˈmi.ʝo]
- [kolˈmiʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colmillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colmillo in Spanish?
colmillo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).