lampo
Spanish, noun
lampo is spelled L-A-M-P-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish, the 257,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lampo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fleeting luminosity equal to that of lightning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of lampar. With an accent, lampó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of lampar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Luminosidad fugaz igual al de un relámpago”.
What does lampo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefleeting luminosity equal to that of lightning
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of lampar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of lampar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Luminosidad fugaz igual al de un relámpago.
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 lampo
- lampos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is lampo in Spanish?
lampo appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).