duelo
Spanish, noun/ˈdwelo/
duelo is spelled D-U-E-L-O (5 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,864th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duelo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sorrow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of doler. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Combate entre dos personas que ha sido previamente acordado entre los participantes, generalmente a…”.
What does duelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesorrow
- 2
masculinemourning
noun
- 1
masculineduel
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of doler
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of dolar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Combate entre dos personas que ha sido previamente acordado entre los participantes, generalmente a consecuencia de una ofensa previa de uno de los contendientes. 2. Cualquier competencia o enfrentamiento entre dos rivales. 3. Pundonor.
noun: 1. Pena o dolor causada por una pérdida, en especial por la muerte de un ser querido. 2. Manifestaciones o expresiones de duelo₁. 3. Reunión de personas donde se hace la velación de un cadáver o su conducción al cementerio o a la cripta.
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 duelo
- duelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duelo?
- /ˈdwelo/
- [ˈd̪we.lo]
- [ˈd̪welo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duelo in Spanish?
duelo appears 16 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).