pitorreo
Spanish, noun
pitorreo is spelled P-I-T-O-R-R-E-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 163,697th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pitorreo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “jibing; mocking; scorn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an only used in me pitorreo, first-person singular present indicative of… of pitorrearse. With an accent, pitorreó is a different word: “only used in se pitorreó, third-person singular preterite indicative…”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de pitorrearse”.
What does pitorreo mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinejibing; mocking; scorn
verb
- 1
only used in me pitorreo, first-person singular present indicative of pitorrearse
verb
- 1
only used in se pitorreó, third-person singular preterite indicative of pitorrearse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de pitorrearse.
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 pitorreo
- pitorreos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pitorreo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pitorreo in Spanish?
pitorreo appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).