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leso

Spanish, adjective/ˈleso/

leso is spelled L-E-S-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leso is a Spanish adjective meaning “hurt, harmed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que ha sufrido daño, agravio, perjuicio u ofensa”.

What does leso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    hurt, harmed

  2. 2

    derogatorystupid, idiot (of a person)

    ¡No seas leso!

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que ha sufrido daño, agravio, perjuicio u ofensa. 2. Referido al entendimiento o al intelecto, que sufre de perversión, turbación o trastorno. 3. Se dice de alguien de escaso entendimiento o excesiva ingenuidad. 4. Se dice de quien padece de falta de desarrollo en sus capacidades mentales.

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 leso

  • lesa feminine
  • lesos masculine plural
  • lesas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce leso?

  • /ˈleso/
  • [ˈle.so]
  • [ˈleso]

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

How common is leso in Spanish?

leso appears about once in every 18 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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