cuto
Spanish, adjective/ˈkuto/
cuto is spelled C-U-T-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 165,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuto is a Spanish adjective meaning “missing an arm or forearm; one-armed, or one-forearmed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se dice del animal al que le falta la cola o la tiene muy corta”.
What does cuto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialmissing an arm or forearm; one-armed, or one-forearmed
Mi segunda hija me nació cuta.
- 2
colloquialshort
Esos pantalones te quedan cutos.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice del animal al que le falta la cola o la tiene muy corta. 2. Se dice de la persona a la que le falta un brazo. 3. Hablando de la ropa, muy corta.
noun: 1. Botellita de aguardiente.
noun: 1. (Sus scrofa domestica) Animal mamífero, artiodáctilo, de cuerpo robusto y piel gruesa, domesticado desde la Antigüedad para aprovechar su carne y su cuero. Es una variedad de la misma especie que en su forma salvaje se conoce como jabalí.
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 cuto
- cuta feminine
- cutos masculine plural
- cutas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuto?
- /ˈkuto/
- [ˈku.t̪o]
- [ˈkut̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cuto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cuto in Spanish?
cuto appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).