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flaco

Spanish, noun/ˈflako/

flaco is spelled F-L-A-C-O (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,633rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flaco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a thin man” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Defecto o debilidad que predomina en el carácter de una persona”.

What does flaco mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    skinny, thin, slim

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea thin man

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculineused to address someone without using their name

  3. 3

    colloquialmasculinea young man

  4. 4

    colloquialmasculineboyfriend

noun

  1. 1

    informalmasculineurine, urination, number one

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Escaso de carnes y grasa. 2. Escaso de fuerzas, vigor o solidez. 3. Dicho de ideas o emociones, de poca solidez y consistencia.

noun: 1. Defecto o debilidad que predomina en el carácter de una persona.

noun: 1. Vocativo para llamar a una persona o a la pareja sin usar su nombre. 2. Adolescente o adulto joven.

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 flaco

  • flaca feminine
  • flacos masculine plural
  • flacas feminine plural
  • flaquísimo superlative

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

How do you pronounce flaco?

  • /ˈflako/
  • [ˈfla.ko]
  • [ˈflako]

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

English words that translate to flaco

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

How common is flaco in Spanish?

flaco appears 11 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).

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