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grillo

Spanish, noun

grillo is spelled G-R-I-L-L-O (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,401st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cricket (insect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of grillar. With an accent, grilló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of grillar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(familia Gryllidae) Cualquiera de casi un millar de especies de insectos ortópteros, de hasta 3 cm de largo…”.

What does grillo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecricket (insect)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of grillar

verb

as grilló
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of grillar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (familia Gryllidae) Cualquiera de casi un millar de especies de insectos ortópteros, de hasta 3 cm de largo, cabeza grande, antenas largas y dorso aplanado, alas anteriores duras y patas posteriores adaptadas para saltar. El sonido que producen para el cortejo frotando las alas entre sí es característico.

noun: 1. Estructura principal de las plantas, que soporta las hojas, flores y frutos, transporta los nutrientes y produce el nuevo tejido.

noun: 1. Uno de dos anillos de hierro que se ponen en los tobillos de alguien para impedir su libre movimiento al andar. Se han empleado para presidiarios, esclavos, etc. 2. Por extensión, lo que dificulta o impide moverse, avanzar, progresar o tener libertad.

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 grillo

  • grillos plural
  • grilla feminine
  • grillas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to grillo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is grillo in Spanish?

grillo appears 1.8 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).

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