mordillo
Spanish, noun[moɾˈð̞iʝo]
mordillo is spelled M-O-R-D-I-L-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written Spanish, the 331,538th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mordillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a chew toy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Chupador, pieza de marfil, goma, etc., que se da a los niños en la época de la primera dentición para que…”.
What does mordillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea chew toy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chupador, pieza de marfil, goma, etc., que se da a los niños en la época de la primera dentición para que chupen o muerdan.
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 mordillo
- mordillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mordillo?
- [moɾˈð̞iʝo]
- [moɾˈð̞iʎo]
- [moɾˈð̞iʃo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mordillo in Spanish?
mordillo appears about once in every 93 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).