diestro
Spanish, noun/ˈdjestɾo/
diestro is spelled D-I-E-S-T-R-O (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,959th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diestro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “righty, a right-handed person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Torero que va a pie y tiene a su cargo la muerte del toro”.
What does diestro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
right, right-hand (direction)
- 2
right-handed
- 3
skillful, dexterous, adroit
- 4
dexter, dextral
noun
- 1
masculinerighty, a right-handed person
- 2
masculinebullfighter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que es más hábil con la mano derecha que con la izquierda. 2. Que tiene habilidad o destreza en algún aspecto, especialmente manual. 3. Dicho del lado del escudo heráldico que es el izquierdo del observador, y el derecho del portador
noun: 1. Torero que va a pie y tiene a su cargo la muerte del toro.
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 diestro
- diestra feminine
- diestros masculine plural
- diestras feminine plural
- diestrísimo superlative
- destrísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diestro?
- /ˈdjestɾo/
- [ˈd̪jes.t̪ɾo]
- [ˈd̪jest̪ɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diestro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diestro in Spanish?
diestro appears 1.9 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).