hoyuelo
Spanish, noun/oˈʝwelo/
hoyuelo is spelled H-O-Y-U-E-L-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 97,136th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hoyuelo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dimple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Muesca visible causada por la piel subyacente, que se forma en las mejillas de algunas personas, sobre todo…”.
What does hoyuelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedimple
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Muesca visible causada por la piel subyacente, que se forma en las mejillas de algunas personas, sobre todo cuando sonríen.
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 hoyuelo
- hoyuelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hoyuelo?
- /oˈʝwelo/
- [oˈʝwe.lo]
- [oʝˈ(ɣ̞)w̝elo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hoyuelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hoyuelo in Spanish?
hoyuelo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).