mejillón
Spanish, noun/mexiˈʝon/
mejillón is spelled M-E-J-I-L-L-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 81,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mejillón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mussel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Mytilidae) Molusco lamelibranquio con la concha de color negro azulado por fuera, de unos cuatro centímetros…”.
What does mejillón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemussel
- 2
masculineChilean mussel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Mytilidae) Molusco lamelibranquio con la concha de color negro azulado por fuera, de unos cuatro centímetros de longitud, la cara interior nacarada y con charnela provista de dientes muy pequeños. Es muy apreciado como comestible.
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 mejillón
- mejillones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mejillón?
- /mexiˈʝon/
- [me.xiˈʝõn]
- [mexiˈʝõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mejillón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mejillón in Spanish?
mejillón appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).