paleto
Spanish, noun/paˈleto/
paleto is spelled P-A-L-E-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,847th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paleto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hick, yokel, hillbilly (illiterate person, clumsy with no style or manners, an unskilled peasant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Dama dama) Especie de cérvido nativa de la región mediterránea, con el pelaje marrón claro”.
What does paleto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialderogatoryuncouth, ignorant, unsophisticated, tasteless, illiterate, clumsy, country bumpkin
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculinehick, yokel, hillbilly (illiterate person, clumsy with no style or manners, an unskilled peasant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prenda de abrigo que se viste por encima de las restantes ropas, a modo de una chaqueta gruesa y de largo variable, llegando los más cortos a las corvas y los más largos a los tobillos.
adjective: 1. Maleducado, de mal gusto y malos modales. 2. Que proviene de un ámbito rural y no es capaz de desenvolverse en la urbe. 3. Que es un comportamiento o actitud típica de un paleto.
noun: 1. (Dama dama) Especie de cérvido nativa de la región mediterránea, con el pelaje marrón claro.
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 paleto
- paleta feminine
- paletos masculine plural
- paletas feminine plural
- paletós plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paleto?
- /paˈleto/
- [paˈle.t̪o]
- [paleˈt̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paleto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paleto in Spanish?
paleto 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).