pelícano
Spanish, noun
pelícano is spelled P-E-L-Í-C-A-N-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,142nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelícano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pelican” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, pelicano is a different word: “alternative form of pelícano”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Pelecanus) Ave de gran pico y de zonas comúnmente costeras, tiene aproximadamente 8 o más especies…”.
What does pelícano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepelican
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinea large nose
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of pelícano
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Pelecanus) Ave de gran pico y de zonas comúnmente costeras, tiene aproximadamente 8 o más especies frecuentemente conocidas. 2. Gatillo (instrumento para sacar muelas).
noun: 1. Variante de pelícano.
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 pelícano
- pelícanos plural
- pelícana feminine
- pelícanas feminine plural
- pelicano alternative
- pelicanos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pelícano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pelícano in Spanish?
pelícano 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).