cuello
Spanish, noun/ˈkweʝo/
cuello is spelled C-U-E-L-L-O (6 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,079th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuello is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “neck (part of body connecting the head and the torso)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte más estrecha del cuerpo que une la cabeza con el tronco en la mayoría de los animales vertebrados”.
What does cuello mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneck (part of body connecting the head and the torso)
- 2
masculinecollar (part of a shirt fitting around the neck)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte más estrecha del cuerpo que une la cabeza con el tronco en la mayoría de los animales vertebrados. 2. Parte de la ropa que cubre esta parte del cuerpo 3. En especial, la tira rígida que rodea al cuello₁ en la vestimenta de los sacerdotes católicos 4. Parte superior angosta de una vasija u otro recipiente
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 cuello
- cuellos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuello?
- /ˈkweʝo/
- [ˈkwe.ʝo]
- [ˈkweʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cuello
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cuello in Spanish?
cuello appears 42 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).