fotuto
Spanish, noun/foˈtuto/
fotuto is spelled F-O-T-U-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish, the 301,588th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fotuto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “car horn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento musical de viento, que produce un sonido que recuerda al de las caracolas”.
What does fotuto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecar horn
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento musical de viento, que produce un sonido que recuerda al de las caracolas. 2. Por extensión, instrumento de viento cónico, con campana de cartón, usado como parte del cotillón festivo. 3. Dispositivo mecánico o eléctrico de los automóviles, que emite un sonido intenso para advertir a otros conductores o peatones de la presencia del vehículo.
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 fotuto
- fotutos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fotuto?
- /foˈtuto/
- [foˈt̪u.t̪o]
- [foˈt̪ut̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fotuto in Spanish?
fotuto appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).