kilo
Spanish, noun/ˈkilo/
kilo is spelled K-I-L-O (4 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,927th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kilo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “kilo (kilogram)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apócope de kilogramo”.
What does kilo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekilo (kilogram)
- 2
masculinethe letter K in the Spanish spelling alphabet
- 3
Spaincolloquialmasculinea million pesetas
- 4
Spaincolloquialmasculinea million euros
prefix
- 1
kilo- (SI prefix multiplying the unit by 10³)
- 2
kibi- (IEC prefix multiplying the unit by 2¹⁰)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. Prefijo utilizado para denotar mil o el multiplicar por un factor de 1000. Su símbolo es k. 2. Prefijo utilizado para denotar un factor de 1024 ó 2¹⁰.
noun: 1. Apócope de kilogramo. 2. Millón de pesetas.
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 kilo
- kilos plural
- quilo alternative rare
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kilo?
- /ˈkilo/
- [ˈki.lo]
- [ˈkilo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kilo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kilo in Spanish?
kilo appears 7.4 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).