lío
Spanish, noun
lío is spelled L-Í-O (3 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lío is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bundle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of liar. Without its accent, lio is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of liar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Paquete formado con ropa u otras cosas amarradas, liadas, atadas, o enrolladas”.
What does lío mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebundle
- 2
colloquialmasculinetrouble, hassle, problem, mess, pickle
- 3
colloquialmasculinelover, bit on the side
- 4
colloquialmasculinehuddle
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of liar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of liar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paquete formado con ropa u otras cosas amarradas, liadas, atadas, o enrolladas. 2. Asunto confuso, situación que no es clara. 3. Mezcla de cosas o personas sin orden o sentido aparentes. 4. Situación de conflicto o malentendido entre personas, que generalmente incluye algún nivel de violencia o enfrentamiento.
noun: 1. Fécula de papa.
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 lío
- líos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lío
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lío in Spanish?
lío appears 6.2 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).