corifeo
Spanish, noun/koɾiˈfeo/
corifeo is spelled C-O-R-I-F-E-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish, the 220,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corifeo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “follower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que representa las voces de otras en un interés, secta, o partido”.
What does corifeo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefollower
- 2
masculinelead, guide
- 3
masculinecoryphaeus
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que guiaba el coro en las tragedias antiguas griegas. 2. Persona que representa las voces de otras en un interés, secta, o partido.
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 corifeo
- corifeos plural
- corifea feminine
- corifeas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corifeo?
- /koɾiˈfeo/
- [ko.ɾiˈfe.o]
- [koɾiˈfeo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is corifeo in Spanish?
corifeo appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).