papelote
Spanish, noun/papeˈlote/
papelote is spelled P-A-P-E-L-O-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 180,102nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papelote is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “synonym of papelucho” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Publicación o escrito que se consideran merecedores de desprecio”.
What does papelote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of papelucho
- 2
masculinekite
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Publicación o escrito que se consideran merecedores de desprecio. 2. Conjunto de desperdicios que se emplea para la fabricación de papel reciclado. 3. Artefacto de diversión para hacer volar al viento sujeto de un hilo. Tiene forma plana y se arma con varillas de madera ligera recubiertas de papel o tela, y con una cola de cintas o tiras de papel.
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 papelote
- papelotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papelote?
- /papeˈlote/
- [pa.peˈlo.t̪e]
- [papeˈlot̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papelote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papelote in Spanish?
papelote appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).