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escritorio

Spanish, noun/eskɾiˈtoɾjo/

escritorio is spelled E-S-C-R-I-T-O-R-I-O (10 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,469th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escritorio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “writing desk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mueble cerrado, con divisiones en su parte interior para guardar papeles y, a veces, con un tablero sobre el…”.

What does escritorio mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinewriting desk

  2. 2

    masculinestudy (room where writing is done)

  3. 3

    masculinedesktop, desktop computer (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)

    navegador de escritorio

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mueble cerrado, con divisiones en su parte interior para guardar papeles y, a veces, con un tablero sobre el cual se escribe. 2. Lugar de acceso rápido a lo que se deje en el mismo en un sistema operativo de computadora de escritorio. 3. Aposento donde tienen su despacho los hombres de negocios; como los banqueros, los notarios, los comerciantes, etc. 4. Mesa en dicho aposento₃.

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 escritorio

  • escritorios plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce escritorio?

  • /eskɾiˈtoɾjo/
  • [es.kɾiˈt̪o.ɾjo]
  • [eskɾiˈt̪oɾjo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to escritorio

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is escritorio in Spanish?

escritorio appears 14 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).

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