frito
Spanish, noun
frito is spelled F-R-I-T-O (5 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fry, fried dish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a masculine singular past participle of freír. With an accent, fritó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of fritar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alimento que ha sido preparado pasándolo por manteca o aceite hirviendo”.
What does frito mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fried
- 2
colloquialbroken, busted, screwed
- 3
colloquialfed up
noun
- 1
masculinefry, fried dish
verb
- 1
masculinemasculine singular past participle of freír
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of fritar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of fritar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que ha sido cocinado en aceite hirviendo, manteca o grasa muy caliente. 2. Que ha caído en un sueño profundo. 3. Muy molesto. 4. Que ha quedado muy complicado o en pésimo estado.
noun: 1. Alimento que ha sido preparado pasándolo por manteca o aceite hirviendo. 2. Variedad de hamburguesa. 3. Sopa preparada con sesos y otras presas internas del cerdo. 4. Conjunto de vísceras comestibles, generalmente provenientes del cerdo.
verb: 1. 1 Participio irregular de freír.
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 frito
- frita feminine
- fritos masculine plural
- fritas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to frito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frito in Spanish?
frito 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).