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pito

Spanish, noun

pito is spelled P-I-T-O (4 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “whistle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pitar. With an accent, pitó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of pitar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento de viento de pequeño tamaño y una sola nota, alta y penetrante, usado como llamada”.

What does pito mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinewhistle

  2. 2

    masculinefife

  3. 3

    masculinecatcall

  4. 4

    masculinewoodpecker

  5. 5

    colloquialmasculineslangcigarette, especially marijuana cigarette

  6. 6

    masculineslangvulgarpenis

  7. 7

    masculinetobacco pipe

  8. 8

    masculinecoffee bean

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of pitar

verb

as pitó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of pitar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Instrumento de viento de pequeño tamaño y una sola nota, alta y penetrante, usado como llamada. 2. Pene. 3. Cigarrillo de marihuana. 4. Cigarrillo de tabaco.

noun: 1. Harina. 2. Mezcla de harina de maíz tostada, azúcar y especias, que se disuelve en agua para apagar la sed. 3. (Erythrina poeppigiana) Árbol caducifolio de la familia Fabaceae nativo la zona intertropical de Centroamérica, Sudamérica y Antillas Mayores. Es usado por su valor ornamental debido a su amplia floración y para dar sombra a otros cultivos.

noun: 1. Pájaro carpintero.

adjective: 1. Se dice de la persona robusta y tiesa. 2. Que posee coraje o valor. 3. Presuntuoso, engreído, satisfecho de sí mismo. 4. Bonito, lindo, mono.

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 pito

  • pitos plural
  • pita feminine
  • pitas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to pito

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pito in Spanish?

pito appears 6.2 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).

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