cotolengo
Spanish, noun/kotoˈlenɡo/
cotolengo is spelled C-O-T-O-L-E-N-G-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish, the 252,202nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cotolengo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a residential care facility; such as a nursing home, psychiatric hospital, or orphanage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hogar de caridad en donde se acoge a enfermos o discapacitados”.
What does cotolengo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea residential care facility; such as a nursing home, psychiatric hospital, or orphanage
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hogar de caridad en donde se acoge a enfermos o discapacitados.
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 cotolengo
- cotolengos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cotolengo?
- /kotoˈlenɡo/
- [ko.t̪oˈlẽŋ.ɡo]
- [kot̪oˈlẽŋgo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cotolengo in Spanish?
cotolengo appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).