pistolete
Spanish, noun/pistoˈlete/
pistolete is spelled P-I-S-T-O-L-E-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 210,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pistolete is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pistolet (a type of firearm that is shorter than pistol)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arma de fuego más corta que la pistola”.
What does pistolete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepistolet (a type of firearm that is shorter than pistol)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arma de fuego más corta que la pistola. 2. Émbolo de bomba. 3. LLave en forma de émbolo que tienen diversos instrumentos musicos.
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 pistolete
- pistoletes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pistolete?
- /pistoˈlete/
- [pis.t̪oˈle.t̪e]
- [pist̪oˈlet̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pistolete in Spanish?
pistolete appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).