labro
Spanish, noun
labro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “upper lip of the mouths of insects, very apparent in chewing insects, and sometimes confusing or modified in others” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of labrar. With an accent, labró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of labrar”.
What does labro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineupper lip of the mouths of insects, very apparent in chewing insects, and sometimes confusing or modified in others
El labro de algunos insectos es muy prominente y ayuda en la masticación.
- 2
masculineobsoletelip
Los poetas antiguos escribían versos sobre la belleza de los labros de sus amadas.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of labrar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of labrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of labro
- labros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to labro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is labro in Spanish?
labro appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).