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espinazo

Spanish, noun/espiˈnaθo/

espinazo is spelled E-S-P-I-N-A-Z-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espinazo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “spine, backbone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Columna vertebral, sobre todo de los animales”.

What does espinazo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinespine, backbone

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Columna vertebral, sobre todo de los animales. 2. Piedra con que se cierra una bóveda o un arco.

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 espinazo

  • espinazos plural

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

How do you pronounce espinazo?

  • /espiˈnaθo/
  • [es.piˈna.θo]
  • /espiˈnaso/

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

English words that translate to espinazo

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

How common is espinazo in Spanish?

espinazo 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).

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