insecto
Spanish, noun/inˈseɡto/
insecto is spelled I-N-S-E-C-T-O (7 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,026th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insecto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “insect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Animal invertebrado, del filo de los artrópodos, miembro de la clase Insecta, caracterizado por poseer seis…”.
What does insecto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinsect
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal invertebrado, del filo de los artrópodos, miembro de la clase Insecta, caracterizado por poseer seis patas, hasta cuatro alas, y exoesqueleto, como por ejemplo, las mariposas, las moscas, los escarabajos o las hormigas.
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 insecto
- insectos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insecto?
- /inˈseɡto/
- [ĩnˈseɣ̞.t̪o]
- [ĩnˈsekt̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to insecto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insecto in Spanish?
insecto appears 3.6 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).