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fleco

Spanish, noun/ˈfleko/

fleco is spelled F-L-E-C-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 74,340th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fleco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tassel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hilillo que remata como adorno una tela, bien en un traje o en la ropa de los muebles, etc”.

What does fleco mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetassel

  2. 2

    masculinebangs, fringe

  3. 3

    masculineloose ends

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Hilillo que remata como adorno una tela, bien en un traje o en la ropa de los muebles, etc. 2. Adorno compuesto por una serie de hilos o cordoncillos colgantes de una pieza de tela o de pasamanería. 3. Borde deshilachado por el uso en una tela vieja. 4. Detalle que todavía debe ser resuelto en un determinado asunto o negociación.

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 fleco

  • flecos plural

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

How do you pronounce fleco?

  • /ˈfleko/
  • [ˈfle.ko]
  • [ˈfleko]

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

English words that translate to fleco

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

How common is fleco in Spanish?

fleco appears about once in every 4 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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