güiro
Spanish, noun/ˈɡwiɾo/
güiro is spelled G-Ü-I-R-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 119,889th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Güiro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gourd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Planta que da por fruto una calabaza de corteza dura y amarilla cuando se seca”.
What does güiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegourd
- 2
masculineguiro
- 3
masculineseaweed
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinekid
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Planta que da por fruto una calabaza de corteza dura y amarilla cuando se seca. 2. Instrumento musical popular que tiene como caja una calabaza de güiro.
noun: 1. (Macrocystis pyrifera) Alga marina bentónica de color pardo rojizo, con formas que se parecen a hojas y tallos de varios metros de longitud. Habita la zona intermareal y tiene cistos, vesículas llenas de aire, que le ayudan a mantenerse a flote.
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 güiro
- güiros plural
- güira feminine
- güiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce güiro?
- /ˈɡwiɾo/
- [ˈɡwi.ɾo]
- [ˈgwiɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to güiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is güiro in Spanish?
güiro appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).