fuego
Spanish, noun/ˈfweɡo/
fuego is spelled F-U-E-G-O (5 letters) and appears 105 times per million words in written Spanish, the 844th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fuego is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Oxidación rápida y violenta de un material combustible, que libera calor y luz”.
What does fuego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefire
interjection
- 1
fire! (cry to order soldiers to start shooting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oxidación rápida y violenta de un material combustible, que libera calor y luz. 2. Material sometido a esta oxidación. 3. Por extensión, luz y calor que esta libera. 4. En particular, pluma de gas incandescente o plasma que es su huella visible, y que los antiguos consideraban un elemento básico.
interjection: 1. Orden para disparar un arma.
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 fuego
- fuegos plural
- huego alternative obsolete rare
- fogo alternative obsolete rare
- ¡fuego! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fuego?
- /ˈfweɡo/
- [ˈfwe.ɣ̞o]
- [ˈɸweɣo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fuego
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fuego in Spanish?
fuego appears 105 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).