grillos
Spanish, noun/ˈɡɾiʝos/
grillos is spelled G-R-I-L-L-O-S (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,367th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grillos is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shackles; irons” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of grillo. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Par de anillos de hierro que se ponen en los tobillos de alguien para impedir su libre movimiento al andar.…”.
What does grillos mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshackles; irons
noun
- 1
masculineplural of grillo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Par de 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.
How do you pronounce grillos?
- /ˈɡɾiʝos/
- [ˈɡɾi.ʝos]
- [ˈgɾiʝos]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grillos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grillos in Spanish?
grillos appears 1.3 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).