picarón
Spanish, adjective
picarón is spelled P-I-C-A-R-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 63,642nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picarón is a Spanish adjective meaning “naughty, feisty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, picaron is a different word: “third-person plural preterite indicative of picar”.
What does picarón mean in English?
adjective
- 1
naughty, feisty
verb
- 1
third-person plural preterite indicative of picar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fritura en forma de toro
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 picarón
- picarona feminine
- picarones masculine plural
- picaronas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to picarón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is picarón in Spanish?
picarón 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).