escuerzo
Spanish, noun/esˈkweɾθo/
escuerzo is spelled E-S-C-U-E-R-Z-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 195,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escuerzo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “toad (amphibian)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sapo (anfibio de la familia Bufonidae)”.
What does escuerzo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetoad (amphibian)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sapo (anfibio de la familia Bufonidae). 2. Persona muy delgada y desmedrada.
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 escuerzo
- escuerzos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escuerzo?
- /esˈkweɾθo/
- [esˈkweɾ.θo]
- /esˈkweɾso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escuerzo in Spanish?
escuerzo appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).