pecorino
Spanish, noun/pekoˈɾino/
pecorino is spelled P-E-C-O-R-I-N-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 158,678th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pecorino is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pecorino” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Queso curado elaborado a partir de leche de oveja, originario de Italia”.
What does pecorino mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepecorino
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Queso curado elaborado a partir de leche de oveja, originario de Italia.
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 pecorino
- pecorinos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pecorino?
- /pekoˈɾino/
- [pe.koˈɾi.no]
- [pekoˈɾino]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pecorino in Spanish?
pecorino appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).