curro
Spanish, noun
curro is spelled C-U-R-R-O (5 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,054th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “job, work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of currar. With an accent, curró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of currar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trabajo o faena que se desempeña generalmente por dinero”.
What does curro mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spaincolloquialmasculinejob, work
Voy al curro.
- 2
MexicomasculineAndalusian immigrant living in America
- 3
colloquialmasculinescammy or dishonest job; a fake activity or service to earn money from the clients or taxes with little or no effort
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineduck, drake
adjective
- 1
Spaincolloquialhandsome, good looking
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of currar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of currar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trabajo o faena que se desempeña generalmente por dinero. 2. Actividad irregular o delictiva por la que se obtiene dinero, en general mediante la credulidad ajena o el abuso de las normas.
noun: 1. Pato, en general ya sea doméstico o silvestre.
adjective: 1. Elegante, majo.
noun: 1. Zona o corral a donde se llevan los caballos criados en libertad para que sean marcados con hierro. 2. La fiesta que se celebra en y mientras transcurra el curro.
noun: 1. (Colletia paradoxa) Arbusto espinoso de la familia Rhamnaceae originaria del centro-este de la Argentina, Uruguay y el sur del Brasil.
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 curro
- curros plural
- curra feminine
- curras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to curro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is curro in Spanish?
curro appears 3.0 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).