helecho
Spanish, noun/eˈlet͡ʃo/
helecho is spelled H-E-L-E-C-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Helecho is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Plantas vasculares criptógamas (sin semilla) pertenecientes a la Clase Pterophyta (Filicopsida). Tienen hojas…”.
What does helecho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefern
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plantas vasculares criptógamas (sin semilla) pertenecientes a la Clase Pterophyta (Filicopsida). Tienen hojas grandes llamadas frondas, normalmente pinnadas, con prefoliación en anillo o espiral. Su ciclo de vida tiene dos estados alternantes, esporófito y el gametófito, de tamaño y apariencia muy diferentes.
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 helecho
- helechos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce helecho?
- /eˈlet͡ʃo/
- [eˈle.t͡ʃo]
- [eˈlet͡ʃo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to helecho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is helecho in Spanish?
helecho appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).