marisco
Spanish, noun
marisco is spelled M-A-R-I-S-C-O (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marisco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “edible shellfish or alga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of mariscar. With an accent, mariscó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of mariscar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Animal marino invertebrado comestible, en especial los crustáceos, moluscos y equinodermos”.
What does marisco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineedible shellfish or alga
- 2
masculineseafood (edible aquatic life)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of mariscar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of mariscar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal marino invertebrado comestible, en especial los crustáceos, moluscos y equinodermos. 2. Dícese de cualquier tipo de alimento proveniente de animales marinos comestibles, incluyendo peces.
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 marisco
- mariscos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to marisco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marisco in Spanish?
marisco appears 1.1 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).