pícaro
Spanish, noun/ˈpikaɾo/
pícaro is spelled P-Í-C-A-R-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pícaro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rogue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Personaje de un género literario español, novela picaresca, que se caracteriza por su picardía, ingenio y…”.
What does pícaro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lacking honor
- 2
malicious
- 3
cunning
noun
- 1
masculinerogue
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Carente de honradez, rectitud y vergüenza. 2. Que tiene viveza, habilidad, picardía para sortear con éxito situaciones difíciles. 3. Ligeramente erótico y divertido. 4. Dicho de un niño, que hace travesuras.
noun: 1. Personaje de un género literario español, novela picaresca, que se caracteriza por su picardía, ingenio y descaro.
noun: 1. Galopín de cocina.
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 pícaro
- pícara feminine
- pícaros masculine plural
- pícaras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pícaro?
- /ˈpikaɾo/
- [ˈpi.ka.ɾo]
- [ˈpikaɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pícaro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pícaro in Spanish?
pícaro appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).