espeto
Spanish, noun
espeto is spelled E-S-P-E-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 63,642nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espeto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fish cooked on a skewer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of espetar. With an accent, espetó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of espetar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Palo que introducen los aserradores entre tabla y tabla del madero que están aserrando, para poder sacar la…”.
What does espeto mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spainmasculinefish cooked on a skewer
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of espetar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of espetar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Palo que introducen los aserradores entre tabla y tabla del madero que están aserrando, para poder sacar la sierra con más facilidad. 2. Asador. 3. Conjunto de sardinas atravesadas por un espeto para ser asadas.
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 espeto
- espetos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to espeto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espeto in Spanish?
espeto appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).