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latiguillo

Spanish, noun/latiˈɡiʝo/

latiguillo is spelled L-A-T-I-G-U-I-L-L-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Latiguillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “small tube, connection pipe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Diminutivo de látigo”.

What does latiguillo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesmall tube, connection pipe

  2. 2

    masculinesmall cable, patch cable, patch cord, patch lead

  3. 3

    masculinesmall whip

  4. 4

    masculinestock phrase

  5. 5

    masculinecatchphrase

  6. 6

    masculinecliché

  7. 7

    masculinehamming, hamming it up

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Diminutivo de látigo. 2. Estolón (vástago que surge en la base del tallo). 3. Tubo delgado y flexible que conecta dos conductos. 4. Recurso declamatorio que exagera la expresión de los afectos para lograr aplausos.

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 latiguillo

  • latiguillos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce latiguillo?

  • /latiˈɡiʝo/
  • [la.t̪iˈɣ̞i.ʝo]
  • [lat̪iˈɣ̞iʝo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to latiguillo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is latiguillo in Spanish?

latiguillo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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