jicote
Spanish, noun/xiˈkote/
jicote is spelled J-I-C-O-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish, the 298,369th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jicote is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bumblebee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abejón o avispa”.
What does jicote mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinebumblebee
- 2
masculinebumblebee hive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abejón o avispa.
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 jicote
- jicotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jicote?
- /xiˈkote/
- [xiˈko.t̪e]
- [xiˈkot̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jicote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jicote in Spanish?
jicote appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).