cuernos
Spanish, adverb[ˈkweɾnos]
cuernos is spelled C-U-E-R-N-O-S (7 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,778th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuernos is a Spanish adverb meaning “the hell, on earth (for emphasis after a question word)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of cuerno.
What does cuernos mean in English?
adverb
- 1
the hell, on earth (for emphasis after a question word)
¿Qué cuernos está pasando?
noun
- 1
masculineplural of cuerno
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Infidelidad matrimonial.
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.
How do you pronounce cuernos?
- [ˈkweɾnos]
- [kuˈeɾnos]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cuernos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cuernos in Spanish?
cuernos appears 6.6 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).