huso
Spanish, noun/ˈuso/
huso is spelled H-U-S-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,997th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Huso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “spindle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Objeto que sirve para hilar. Usualmente es un trozo de madera largo y redondeado, que se aguza en sus…”.
What does huso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespindle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objeto que sirve para hilar. Usualmente es un trozo de madera largo y redondeado, que se aguza en sus extremos. En torno a él va enrollándose la hebra hilada mientras se hace girar apoyado en una de sus puntas. Para darle contrapeso se añade una pieza circular llamada nuez, tortera o volante.
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 huso
- husos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce huso?
- /ˈuso/
- [ˈu.so]
- [ˈuso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to huso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is huso in Spanish?
huso appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).