cornudo
Spanish, noun/koɾˈnudo/
cornudo is spelled C-O-R-N-U-D-O (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,236th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cornudo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cuckold (deceived husband, wife or partner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Sphyrna spp.) Cualquiera de nueve especies de tiburones, dotados de protuberancias a los lados de la cabeza…”.
What does cornudo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
horned (having horns)
- 2
horned, deceived (husband, wife or partner)
noun
- 1
masculinecuckold (deceived husband, wife or partner)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que posee cuernos. 2. Dicho de una persona, especialmente de un marido: Que es objeto de infidelidad por parte de su pareja.
noun: 1. (Sphyrna spp.) Cualquiera de nueve especies de tiburones, dotados de protuberancias a los lados de la cabeza a cuyo extremo se ubican los ojos y narinas, dando a ésta el aspecto de un martillo achatado.
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 cornudo
- cornuda feminine
- cornudos masculine plural
- cornudas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cornudo?
- /koɾˈnudo/
- [koɾˈnu.ð̞o]
- [koɾˈnuð̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cornudo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cornudo in Spanish?
cornudo appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).