correteo
Spanish, noun
correteo is spelled C-O-R-R-E-T-E-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish, the 220,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Correteo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rushing, hurrying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of corretear. With an accent, correteó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of corretear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y resultado de correr de aquí para allá, moviéndose súbitamente en un espacio reducido, por juego…”.
What does correteo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerushing, hurrying
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of corretear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of corretear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción y resultado de correr de aquí para allá, moviéndose súbitamente en un espacio reducido, por juego, diversión u otros motivos; proceso y efecto de corretear. 2. Acción o efecto de andar por ahí recorriendo las calles, casas o vecindarios. 3. Acción y efecto de perseguir o corretear a una persona o animal.
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 correteo
- correteos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is correteo in Spanish?
correteo 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).