palmito
Spanish, noun/palˈmito/
palmito is spelled P-A-L-M-I-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 74,340th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palmito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “heart of palm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producto alimenticio obtenido del cogollo de varias especies de palma, que es blanco, cilíndrico, con textura…”.
What does palmito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheart of palm
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Producto alimenticio obtenido del cogollo de varias especies de palma, que es blanco, cilíndrico, con textura suave y flexible, y rico en fibras. 2. (Euterpe edulis) Especie de palmera nativa de Sudamérica, que es la variante principal de donde se extrae el palmito. Tiene hojas numerosas, de forma lineal-lanceolada, flexibles y colgantes, y se disponen de forma alterna y pinnada.
noun: 1. Rostro de una mujer. 2. Mujer esbelta.
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 palmito
- palmitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palmito?
- /palˈmito/
- [palˈmi.t̪o]
- [palˈmit̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palmito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palmito in Spanish?
palmito appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).