flagelo
Spanish, noun
flagelo is spelled F-L-A-G-E-L-O (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,673rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flagelo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “whip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of flagelar. With an accent, flageló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of flagelar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Correa flexible, dotada o no de mango, usada para castigar con azotes”.
What does flagelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhip
- 2
masculineflagellum
- 3
masculinecalamity, sorrow, affliction
- 4
masculinedisaster
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of flagelar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of flagelar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Correa flexible, dotada o no de mango, usada para castigar con azotes. 2. Por extensión, cosa cualquiera que provoca dolor o pena. 3. Por analogía, impacto repetido del agua contra una superficie sólida. 4. Orgánulo cilíndrico, similar a un cilio, que presentan algunas células, permitiéndoles moverse o mover parte de su entorno.
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 flagelo
- flagelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to flagelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flagelo in Spanish?
flagelo appears 1.2 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).