lacayo
Spanish, noun/laˈkaʝo/
lacayo is spelled L-A-C-A-Y-O (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lacayo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lackey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Criado de librea, cuya principal ocupación es acompañar a su amo a pie, a caballo o en coche”.
What does lacayo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelackey
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Criado de librea, cuya principal ocupación es acompañar a su amo a pie, a caballo o en coche. 2. Espolique. 3. Cada uno de los dos soldados de a pie, armados de ballesta, que solían acompañar a los caballeros en la guerra y formaban a las veces cuerpos de tropa. 4. Sirviente.
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne al lacayo. 2. Servil.
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 lacayo
- lacayos plural
- lacaya feminine
- lacayas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lacayo?
- /laˈkaʝo/
- [laˈka.ʝo]
- [laˈkaʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lacayo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lacayo in Spanish?
lacayo appears 1.1 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).