huerco
Spanish, noun/ˈw̝eɾko/
huerco is spelled H-U-E-R-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish, the 208,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Huerco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “little child” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tipo concreto de ser humanoide, de aspecto desagradable y actitud agresiva”.
What does huerco mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinelittle child
- 2
masculinedepressed or sad person, confined to the dark
- 3
masculinethe Greco-Roman underworld
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tipo concreto de ser humanoide, de aspecto desagradable y actitud agresiva. 2. Diablo. 3. Niño, joven. 4. Variante de orco (lugar al que iban los muertos).
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 huerco
- huercos plural
- huerca feminine
- huercas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce huerco?
- /ˈw̝eɾko/
- [ˈw̝eɾ.ko]
- [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eɾko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is huerco in Spanish?
huerco appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).