joto
Spanish, noun/ˈxoto/
joto is spelled J-O-T-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 60,585th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Joto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gay (male homosexual)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hombre homosexual”.
What does joto mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicoderogatorymasculinevulgargay (male homosexual)
- 2
masculinejoker
- 3
masculinejack
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hombre homosexual.
adjective: 1. Cobarde, miedoso, temeroso.
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 joto
- jotos plural
- jota feminine
- jotas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce joto?
- /ˈxoto/
- [ˈxo.t̪o]
- [ˈxot̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to joto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is joto in Spanish?
joto appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).