colono
Spanish, noun
colono is spelled C-O-L-O-N-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,380th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colono is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “colonist, settler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, coloño is a different word: “large basket”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quien habita en una colonia”.
What does colono mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolonist, settler
- 2
masculinefarmer that normally lives and works on the same land
noun
- 1
masculinelarge basket
- 2
masculinebundle of sticks, faggot
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Quien habita en una colonia. 2. Labrador que se dedica a cultivar y labrar una heredad por arrendamiento, viviendo en ella.
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 colono
- colonos plural
- colona feminine
- colonas feminine plural
- coloños plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to colono
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colono in Spanish?
colono 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).