óleo
Spanish, noun
óleo is spelled Ó-L-E-O (4 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,645th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Óleo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “oil (liquid fat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, oleo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of olear”. With an accent, oleó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of olear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grasa que a temperatura ambiente mantiene forma líquida”.
What does óleo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoil (liquid fat)
- 2
masculineoil painting (a painting done with oil paints)
- 3
masculineoil painting (the art of painting with oil paints)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of olear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of olear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grasa que a temperatura ambiente mantiene forma líquida. 2. En particular, el que se usa ceremonialmente para ungir. 3. Pintura o tinte disuelto en medio oleoso. 4. Obra realizada con este tipo de pintura.
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 óleo
- óleos plural
- olio alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to óleo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is óleo in Spanish?
óleo appears 2.5 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).