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moquillo

Spanish, noun/moˈkiʝo/

moquillo is spelled M-O-Q-U-I-L-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moquillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “distemper (disease of animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enfermedad catarral de algunos animales, y señaladamente de los perros y gatos jóvenes”.

What does moquillo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedistemper (disease of animals)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Enfermedad catarral de algunos animales, y señaladamente de los perros y gatos jóvenes. 2. Pepita (de una gallina). 3. Nudo corredizo con el que se sujeta el labio superior del caballo para domarlo.

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 moquillo

  • moquillos plural

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

How do you pronounce moquillo?

  • /moˈkiʝo/
  • [moˈki.ʝo]
  • [moˈkiʝo]

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

How common is moquillo in Spanish?

moquillo appears about once in every 9 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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