pecio
Spanish, noun/ˈpeθjo/
pecio is spelled P-E-C-I-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pecio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “piece of flotsam or jetsam (fragment of a shipwreck or of its contents)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Resto de un buque inutilizado o naufragado”.
What does pecio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepiece of flotsam or jetsam (fragment of a shipwreck or of its contents)
- 2
masculineshipwreck (the entire remains of a ruined vessel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Resto de un buque inutilizado o naufragado. 2. Por extensión, resto de la carga o aparejo de un pecio₁. 3. Tasa que el señor de un puerto cobraba de quienes naufragaban en su jurisdicción.
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 pecio
- pecios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pecio?
- /ˈpeθjo/
- [ˈpe.θjo]
- /ˈpesjo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pecio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pecio in Spanish?
pecio appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).