pistón
Spanish, noun/pisˈton/
pistón is spelled P-I-S-T-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pistón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “piston” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En un motor de combustión, parte móvil del cilindro que transmite la energía de los gases de combustión al…”.
What does pistón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepiston
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En un motor de combustión, parte móvil del cilindro que transmite la energía de los gases de combustión al cigüeñal mediante un movimiento alternado. 2. Émbolo. 3. Varilla metálica que funciona como émbolo, con la que cuentan algunos instrumentos de viento. 4. Pieza central del cartucho en donde está colocado el fulminante.
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 pistón
- pistones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pistón?
- /pisˈton/
- [pisˈt̪õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pistón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pistón in Spanish?
pistón appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).