morisco
Spanish, noun/moˈɾisko/
morisco is spelled M-O-R-I-S-C-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 64,424th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Morisco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Moor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does morisco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Moorish
noun
- 1
masculineMoor
- 2
masculineMorisco (Muslim convert to Christianity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de un musulmán andalusí converso al cristianismo que vivía en un reino cristiano, o descendiente de éste. 2. Propio de o relativo al moro. 3. En el sistema de castas colonial americano, con progenitores mulato y español.
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 morisco
- morisca feminine
- moriscos masculine plural
- moriscas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce morisco?
- /moˈɾisko/
- [moˈɾis.ko]
- [moˈɾisko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to morisco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is morisco in Spanish?
morisco appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).