pilluelo
Spanish, noun/piˈʝwelo/
pilluelo is spelled P-I-L-L-U-E-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 167,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pilluelo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rascal; scamp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Diminutivo de pillo; pícaro”.
What does pilluelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerascal; scamp
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diminutivo de pillo; pícaro.
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 pilluelo
- pilluelos plural
- pilluela feminine
- pilluelas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pilluelo?
- /piˈʝwelo/
- [piˈʝwe.lo]
- [piˈʝwelo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pilluelo in Spanish?
pilluelo appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).