columpio

Spanish, noun

columpio is spelled C-O-L-U-M-P-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,622nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Columpio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “swing (hanging seat usually found on children's playgrounds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of columpiar. With an accent, columpió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of columpiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tabla o asiento entre dos cuerdas o cadenas que cuelgan, usado para balancearse. Se usa principalmente como…”.