cretino
Spanish, noun/kɾeˈtino/
cretino is spelled C-R-E-T-I-N-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cretino is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a person affected by cretinism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cretino mean in English?
adjective
- 1
affected by cretinism; cretinous
- 2
stupid
noun
- 1
masculinea person affected by cretinism
- 2
masculinean idiot
- 3
masculinea contemptible person, a jerk
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que padece cretinismo 2. Por extensión, falto de inteligencia o entendimiento
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 cretino
- cretina feminine
- cretinos masculine plural
- cretinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cretino?
- /kɾeˈtino/
- [kɾeˈt̪i.no]
- [kɾeˈt̪ino]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cretino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cretino in Spanish?
cretino appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).