descansillo
Spanish, noun/deskanˈsiʝo/
descansillo is spelled D-E-S-C-A-N-S-I-L-L-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 135,232nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descansillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “landing (above stairs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Porción de piso horizontal donde finalizan los tramos de una escalera”.
What does descansillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelanding (above stairs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Porción de piso horizontal donde finalizan los tramos de una escalera. 2. Diminutivo de descanso.
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 descansillo
- descansillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descansillo?
- /deskanˈsiʝo/
- [d̪es.kãnˈsi.ʝo]
- [d̪eskãnˈsiʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descansillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descansillo in Spanish?
descansillo appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).