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oblongo

Spanish, adjective/oˈblonɡo/

oblongo is spelled O-B-L-O-N-G-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oblongo is a Spanish adjective meaning “oblong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En cuanto a las dimensiones, más largo que ancho”.

What does oblongo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    oblong

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. En cuanto a las dimensiones, más largo que ancho. 2. Taladro alargado, utilizado para ajustar dos piezas en posición.

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 oblongo

  • oblonga feminine
  • oblongos masculine plural
  • oblongas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce oblongo?

  • /oˈblonɡo/
  • [oˈβ̞lõŋ.ɡo]
  • [oβ̞ˈlõŋgo]

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

English words that translate to oblongo

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

How common is oblongo in Spanish?

oblongo 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).

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