piojoso
Spanish, adjective/pjoˈxoso/
piojoso is spelled P-I-O-J-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,962nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piojoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “lousy (infested with lice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que habitualmente tiene muchos piojos”.
What does piojoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lousy (infested with lice)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que habitualmente tiene muchos piojos. 2. Miserable, mezquino. 3. Sucio, con harapos.
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 piojoso
- piojosa feminine
- piojosos masculine plural
- piojosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piojoso?
- /pjoˈxoso/
- [pjoˈxo.so]
- [pjoˈxoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is piojoso in Spanish?
piojoso appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).