martilleo
Spanish, noun
martilleo is spelled M-A-R-T-I-L-L-E-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 96,067th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Martilleo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hammering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of martillear. With an accent, martilleó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of martillear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de martillear”.
What does martilleo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehammering
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of martillear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of martillear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción y efecto de martillear. 2. Cualquier ruido parecido al que producen los golpes repetidos del martillo.
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 martilleo
- martilleos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is martilleo in Spanish?
martilleo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).