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nudo

Spanish, noun

nudo is spelled N-U-D-O (4 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,117th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nudo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “knot (a looping piece of a long, flexible material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, ñudo is a different word: “alternative form of nudo (“knot”)”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cruce de una pieza de material flexible consigo misma o con otra similar, tal que no se deshace al tirar de…”.

What does nudo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineknot (a looping piece of a long, flexible material)

  2. 2

    masculineknot (nautical unit of speed)

adjective

  1. 1

    nude

noun

as ñudo
  1. 1

    masculinerarealternative form of nudo (“knot”)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Variante anticuada de nudo.

noun: 1. Cruce de una pieza de material flexible consigo misma o con otra similar, tal que no se deshace al tirar de alguno de sus extremos. 2. Por extensión, cosa cualquiera material o inmaterial que sujeta. 3. Cada uno de los puntos de los que brotan ramas o brotes. 4. Marca oscura en la madera que corresponde al punto donde se encontraba un nudo₃.

adjective: 1. Variante anticuada de desnudo. 2. Que carece de cualquier complemento. 3. Que siendo propietario de un bien, está privado de su uso y goce por haberlo enajenado a un tercero mediante un contrato de usufructo.

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 nudo

  • nudos plural
  • ñudo alternative uncommon
  • nuda feminine
  • nudas feminine plural
  • ñudos plural

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

English words that translate to nudo

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

How common is nudo in Spanish?

nudo appears 6.3 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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