picaresco
Spanish, adjective/pikaˈɾesko/
picaresco is spelled P-I-C-A-R-E-S-C-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 126,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picaresco is a Spanish adjective meaning “picaresque, mischievous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Concerniente al pícaro”.
What does picaresco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
picaresque, mischievous
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Concerniente al pícaro. 2. Picante y gracioso, que tiene cierta agradable malicia.
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 picaresco
- picaresca feminine
- picarescos masculine plural
- picarescas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce picaresco?
- /pikaˈɾesko/
- [pi.kaˈɾes.ko]
- [pikaˈɾesko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to picaresco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is picaresco in Spanish?
picaresco appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).