grano
Spanish, noun
grano is spelled G-R-A-N-O (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,270th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “grain (the seed of various grass food crops)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of granar. With an accent, granó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of granar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cariópside, fruto unicarpelar; por ejemplo: grano de maíz”.
What does grano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrain (the seed of various grass food crops)
- 2
masculinegrain, seed, kernel, bean (a single seed of certain crops)
un grano de arroz
- 3
masculinegrain (a single similar particle of various substances)
un grano de arena
- 4
masculinepimple, blackhead (a blocked skin pore, typically inflamed, painful, and filled with pus)
Estoy tan estresada que me salen granos.
- 5
masculinepoint (the main intent or focus of a conversation)
- 6
masculinegrain (the linear texture of a material or surface, especially wood)
- 7
masculinegrain (flawed visual texture present in most processed photographic film)
- 8
masculinegrano, Spanish grain (a traditional small unit of mass, equivalent to about 50 mg)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of granar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of granar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cariópside, fruto unicarpelar; por ejemplo: grano de maíz 2. Protuberancia en la piel producto de la acumulación de sebo y células muertas.
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 grano
- granos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to grano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grano in Spanish?
grano appears 12 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).