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hilo

Spanish, noun

hilo is spelled H-I-L-O (4 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,767th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hilo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “thread, yarn, string” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of hilar. With an accent, hiló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of hilar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fibra textil delgada, formada por pocas hebras, de largo variable”.

What does hilo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinethread, yarn, string

  2. 2

    masculinelinen

  3. 3

    masculineedge of something sharp

  4. 4

    masculinecrosshair, reticule

  5. 5

    masculineellipsis of hilo de oro, type of stinging jellyfish in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

  6. 6

    masculinethread (series of messages)

  7. 7

    masculinehelix

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of hilar

verb

as hiló
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of hilar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Fibra textil delgada, formada por pocas hebras, de largo variable. 2. Ropa blanca de lino o cáñamo, por contraposición a la de algodón, lana o seda. 3. Alambre muy delgado que se saca de los metales con la hilera. 4. Hebra de que forman las arañas, gusanos de seda, etc., sus telas y capullos.

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 hilo

  • hilos plural

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

English words that translate to hilo

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

How common is hilo in Spanish?

hilo appears 21 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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