escualo
Spanish, noun/esˈkwalo/
escualo is spelled E-S-C-U-A-L-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 130,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escualo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Selachimorpha) Nombre que reciben varias especies de peces cartilaginosos de cuerpo fusiforme, hendiduras…”.
What does escualo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshark
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Selachimorpha) Nombre que reciben varias especies de peces cartilaginosos de cuerpo fusiforme, hendiduras branquiales a los lados, detrás de la cabeza, cola robusta y una gran boca situada en la parte inferior de la cabeza, como el tiburón.
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 escualo
- escualos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escualo?
- /esˈkwalo/
- [esˈkwa.lo]
- [esˈkwalo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escualo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escualo in Spanish?
escualo appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).