gamusino
[gamuˈsino]
The verdict
“gamusino” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal imaginario con el que se embroma a los novatos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gamusino · gamusino · Spanish
gamusino · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gamusino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gamuˈsino] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gamusino” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gamusino is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [gamuˈsino]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Animal imaginario con el que se embroma a los novatos.".
gamusino doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is gamusino, spelled G-A-M-U-S-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1Animal imaginario con el que se embroma a los novatos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gamusino appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mira Sara: liebres, pocas; los conejotes, andan zanguangos y cabezones; y las crías de gamusino tampoco prosperan este año. ¿A que tu amiga no se ha zampado nunca un guiso de gamusinos? (te preguntó buscándote de cómplice).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.