filo
Spanish, noun
filo is spelled F-I-L-O (4 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,627th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “edge, cutting edge (of the blade of an instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of filar. With an accent, filó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of filar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En un instrumento cortante, el borde agudo que corta”.
What does filo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineedge, cutting edge (of the blade of an instrument)
- 2
masculineedge (sharp terminating border)
- 3
colloquialdatedmasculinehunger
- 4
masculinefold
interjection
- 1
colloquialwhatever, I don't care
noun
- 1
masculinephylum
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of filar
suffix
- 1
masculine-phile
suffix
- 1
-philic
prefix
- 1
friend of; pro-
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of filar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En un instrumento cortante, el borde agudo que corta. 2. Línea que divide algo en dos partes equivalentes. 3. Hambre intensa. 4. Hilo.
interjection: 1. No (me) importa.
noun: 1. En la clasificación taxonómica de los seres vivos, categoría situada entre el reino y la clase, que se utiliza como subdivisión primaria del reino animal y del reino protista.
prefix: 1. Indica amistad, afinidad o parentesco.
prefix: 1. Usado en botánica con el significado de hoja
suffix: 1. Grafía alternativa de -́filo ("amistad, amor por, inclinación hacia").
suffix: 1. Elemento compositivo usado en botánica con el significado de "hoja".
suffix: 1. Forma adjetivos y algunos sustantivos con el significado de "amistad, amor por, inclinación hacia" lo que significa la raíz o base.
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 filo
- filos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to filo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filo in Spanish?
filo appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).