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estribo

Spanish, noun

estribo is spelled E-S-T-R-I-B-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,859th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estribo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “stirrup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of estribar. With an accent, estribó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of estribar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pieza de metal, madera o cuero en que el jinete apoya el pie, la cual está pendiente de la ación”.

What does estribo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestirrup

  2. 2

    masculinestapes (bone in the middle ear)

  3. 3

    masculinespur

  4. 4

    masculinefootrest

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of estribar

verb

as estribó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of estribar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pieza de metal, madera o cuero en que el jinete apoya el pie, la cual está pendiente de la ación. 2. Especie de escalón que sirve para subir o bajar de los coches y otros carruajes. 3. En las plazas de toros, escalón presente en el lado interno de la barrera para facilitarle el salto a los toreros. 4. Hierro pequeño, en figura de sortija, que se fija en la cabeza de la ballesta.

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 estribo

  • estribos plural

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

English words that translate to estribo

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

How common is estribo in Spanish?

estribo appears about once in every 2 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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