lazarillo
Spanish, noun/laθaˈɾiʝo/
lazarillo is spelled L-A-Z-A-R-I-L-L-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lazarillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “guide dog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que asiste a un ciego en sus desplazamientos y otras actividades cotidianas”.
What does lazarillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineguide dog
- 2
masculineguide (especially for vision impairment)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que asiste a un ciego en sus desplazamientos y otras actividades cotidianas. 2. Perro entrenado para asistir a personas ciegas a semejanza de un lazarillo₁.
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 lazarillo
- lazarillos plural
- lazarilla feminine
- lazarillas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lazarillo?
- /laθaˈɾiʝo/
- [la.θaˈɾi.ʝo]
- [lasaˈɾiʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lazarillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lazarillo in Spanish?
lazarillo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).