hipo
Spanish, noun
hipo is spelled H-I-P-O (4 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,063rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hipo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hiccup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of hipar. With an accent, hipó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of hipar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Movimiento convulsivo, repetido y espasmódico del diafragma y la glotis, que impulsa el aire fuera de los…”.
What does hipo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehiccup
- 2
masculinelonging
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of hipar
prefix
- 1
hypo-
prefix
- 1
hippo- (related to the horse)
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of hipar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Movimiento convulsivo, repetido y espasmódico del diafragma y la glotis, que impulsa el aire fuera de los pulmones, de forma sincopada y a intervalos regulares sin intervención de la voluntad, con un pequeño ruido característico. 2. Deseo vehemente de algo. 3. Encono con una persona.
prefix: 1. Que está debajo de otra cosa. 2. Escaso.
prefix: 1. Que pertenece o concierne al caballo.
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 hipo
- hipos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hipo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hipo in Spanish?
hipo 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).