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panecillo

Spanish, noun/paneˈθiʝo/

panecillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “diminutive of pan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pan pequeño equivalente en peso a la mitad de una libreta”.

What does panecillo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinediminutive of pan

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pan pequeño equivalente en peso a la mitad de una libreta. 2. Mollete esponjado, que se usa principalmente para el desayuno. 3. Lo que tiene forma de un pan pequeño.

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 panecillo

  • panecillos plural

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

How do you pronounce panecillo?

  • /paneˈθiʝo/
  • [pa.neˈθi.ʝo]
  • [paneˈsiʝo]

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

English words that translate to panecillo

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

How common is panecillo in Spanish?

panecillo 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).