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huaico

Spanish, noun/ˈw̝aiko/

huaico is spelled H-U-A-I-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 155,407th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Huaico is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “landslide; mudslide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “corrimiento de tierra”.

What does huaico mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinelandslide; mudslide

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. corrimiento de tierra.

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 huaico

  • huaicos plural
  • huayco alternative

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

How do you pronounce huaico?

  • /ˈw̝aiko/
  • [ˈw̝ai̯.ko]
  • [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝ajko]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to huaico

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

How common is huaico in Spanish?

huaico appears about once in every 18 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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