cornezuelo
Spanish, noun/koɾneˈθwelo/
cornezuelo is spelled C-O-R-N-E-Z-U-E-L-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 128,005th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cornezuelo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ergot, especially that which affects rye” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Claviceps purpurea) Hongo ascomicete parásito de las espigas de cereales como el centeno, la cebada, el…”.
What does cornezuelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineergot, especially that which affects rye
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Claviceps purpurea) Hongo ascomicete parásito de las espigas de cereales como el centeno, la cebada, el trigo y la avena, cuya ingestión provoca la enfermedad llamada ergotismo o fuego de San Antonio. Se ha usado como alucinógeno y contra los dolores uterinos. Produce el alcaloide ácido lisérgico, con el que el químico suizo Albert Hofman fabricó la dietilamida del ácido lisérgico: el LSD. 2. Variedad de aceituna con forma de cuerno. 3. Variedad de aceituna larga terminada en punta. 4. Instrumento que usaron los veterinarios para separar tejidos, hecho con la punta de un cuerno de ciervo.
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 cornezuelo
- cornezuelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cornezuelo?
- /koɾneˈθwelo/
- [koɾ.neˈθwe.lo]
- /koɾneˈswelo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cornezuelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cornezuelo in Spanish?
cornezuelo appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).