pillo
Spanish, noun
pillo is spelled P-I-L-L-O (5 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,462nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cheeky or naughty person, crook or thief; scoundrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pillar. With an accent, pilló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of pillar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que roba objetos de poco valor, generalmente a los transeúntes en la calle”.
What does pillo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
clever
- 2
cheeky, impudent
- 3
mean, nasty
noun
- 1
masculinecheeky or naughty person, crook or thief; scoundrel
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of pillar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of pillar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice del pícaro que no tiene crianza ni buenos modales. 2. Dicho de una persona o animal, sagaz, de inteligencia rápida, hábil para obtener lo que desea. 3. Vago, perdido, de costumbres estragadas. 4. Vil, de baja condición moral; falto de escrúpulos o respeto a otros.
noun: 1. Persona que roba objetos de poco valor, generalmente a los transeúntes en la calle. 2. Persona que ofrece gratificación sexual a cambio de dinero.
noun: 1. Modo de pescar que consiste en revolver el fango, rastreando con una piedra arrastrada por un barco y clavando con fisgas los peces que huyen.
noun: 1. (Ciconia maguari) Ave palmípeda suramericana similar a la cigüeña, de patas largas (zancuda), con cuatro dedos en cada pata, de plumaje blanco con manchas negras, pico grueso y puntudo, cuello de unos 60 centímetros, y cola corta. Vive en humedales y se alimenta de reptiles.
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 pillo
- pilla feminine
- pillos masculine plural
- pillas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pillo in Spanish?
pillo appears 2.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).