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cuero

Spanish, noun/ˈkweɾo/

cuero is spelled C-U-E-R-O (5 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,469th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “leather” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pellejo grueso y duro que cubre la carne de algunos animales”.

What does cuero mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineleather

  2. 2

    masculineanimal skin, hide

  3. 3

    masculinefootball (ball)

  4. 4

    Latin-Americamasculineslanga man or woman's attractive body

  5. 5

    masculineslangprostitute

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pellejo grueso y duro que cubre la carne de algunos animales. 2. Material elástico y resistente obtenido depués de tratar el cuero₁ de los animales. 3. Epidermis de las frutas, raíces y tubérculos. 4. Criatura de la mitología mapuche; su aspecto es semejante al de un cuero de animal por el dorso y con una gran boca y garras por su parte inferior. Es un carnívoro que envuelve a humanos y animales desprevenidos para llevárselos debajo de la superficie y devorarlos. Habita en ríos y lagos.

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 cuero

  • cueros plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cuero?

  • /ˈkweɾo/
  • [ˈkwe.ɾo]
  • [ˈkweɾo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cuero

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cuero in Spanish?

cuero appears 14 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).

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