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músculo

Spanish, noun

músculo is spelled M-Ú-S-C-U-L-O (7 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,952nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Músculo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “muscle tissue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, musculo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of muscular”. With an accent, musculó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of muscular”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Órgano compuesto por tejido orgánico que se contrae y expande, utilizado por el hombre y los animales para…”.

What does músculo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemuscle tissue

  2. 2

    masculinemuscle (organ)

    lastimarse un músculo

prefix

as musculo-
  1. 1

    musculo-

verb

as musculo
  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of muscular

verb

as musculó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of muscular

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Órgano compuesto por tejido orgánico que se contrae y expande, utilizado por el hombre y los animales para producir movimiento. 2. (Balaenoptera physalus) Cetáceo de cabeza aplanada con pálidas líneas detrás de esta, pero no siempre; aleta dorsal falcada, pequeña, situada en el tercio posterior del cuerpo; color gris o marrón, más oscuro en el lado izquierdo y de color claro en el vientre; mide entre 18 y 22 metros de largo; pesa entre 30 y 80 toneladas. Se lo considera una especie vulnerable.

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 músculo

  • músculos plural

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

English words that translate to músculo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is músculo in Spanish?

músculo appears 6.5 times per 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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