perdiguero
Spanish, noun/peɾdiˈɡeɾo/
perdiguero is spelled P-E-R-D-I-G-U-E-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 112,257th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perdiguero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pointer (dog)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recovero que compra de los cazadores la caza para revenderla”.
What does perdiguero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepointer (dog)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dícese del animal que caza perdices. 2. Dicho de un perro: de talla mediana, con cuerpo recio, cuello ancho y fuerte, cabeza fina, hocico saliente, labios colgantes, orejas muy grandes y caídas, patas altas y nervudas, cola larga y pelaje corto y fino. Es muy apreciado para la caza por lo bien que olfatea y sigue las pistas.
noun: 1. Recovero que compra de los cazadores la caza para revenderla.
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 perdiguero
- perdigueros plural
- perdiguera feminine
- perdigueras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perdiguero?
- /peɾdiˈɡeɾo/
- [peɾ.ð̞iˈɣ̞e.ɾo]
- [peɾð̞iˈɣ̞eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is perdiguero in Spanish?
perdiguero 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).