criollo
Spanish, noun/ˈkɾjoʝo/
criollo is spelled C-R-I-O-L-L-O (7 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,858th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criollo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “creole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bizcocho”.
What does criollo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
creole
- 2
Related from people descended from European parents living in the Americas
noun
- 1
masculinecreole
- 2
masculinea person descended from European parents living in the Americas
- 3
masculineobsoleteSpaniard born and/or raised in Spanish America who immigrated or visited the Spanish Colonial Philippines or Spanish East Indies in general
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho del hijo de europeos nacido en América. 2. Aplícase al negro nacido en América, por oposición al que ha sido traído de África. 3. Relativo a lo propio de América, en especial Hispanoamérica. 4. un pidgin que se vuelve la lengua nativa de una generación tras la criollización de este. Generalmente surgen en comunidades que habitan en rutas comerciales o tras procesos de colonización y debido a ello presentan rasgos provenientes de múltiples lenguas.
noun: 1. Bizcocho.
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 criollo
- criolla feminine
- criollos masculine plural
- criollas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criollo?
- /ˈkɾjoʝo/
- [ˈkɾjo.ʝo]
- [ˈkɾjoʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to criollo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criollo in Spanish?
criollo appears 4.1 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).