flamenco
Spanish, noun/flaˈmenko/
flamenco is spelled F-L-A-M-E-N-C-O (8 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flamenco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Fleming, a Flemish person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lengua hablada en Flandes, región del norte de Francia, Bélgica y Holanda”.
What does flamenco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Flemish
- 2
flamenco
- 3
colloquialinsolent, cheeky
noun
- 1
masculineFleming, a Flemish person
noun
- 1
masculineflamingo (bird)
- 2
masculineflamenco (music)
- 3
masculineflamenco (dance)
noun
- 1
masculineFlemish (the standard variety of Dutch used in Belgium)
- 2
masculineFlemish (a group of Dutch dialects spoken in Belgium)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lengua hablada en Flandes, región del norte de Francia, Bélgica y Holanda. 2. Género musical gitano, que nació y se desarrolló en Andalucía. 3. Ave zancuda de la familia de los Fenicoptéridos (Phoenicopteridae). 4. Tipo de navaja.
adjective: 1. Persona originaria o habitante de Flandes. 2. Se dice de algo que proviene o tiene relación con Flandes. 3. Relativo al género musical de Andalucía, propio de los gitanos, llamado flamenco, y a su correspondiente tipo de baile. 4. Agitanado, achulado.
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 flamenco
- flamenca feminine
- flamencos masculine plural
- flamencas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flamenco?
- /flaˈmenko/
- [flaˈmẽŋ.ko]
- [flaˈmẽŋko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flamenco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flamenco in Spanish?
flamenco appears 4.4 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).