playo
Spanish, noun/ˈplaʝo/
playo is spelled P-L-A-Y-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Playo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pliers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hombre que siente atracción sexual por otras personas de su mismo sexo biológico”.
What does playo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shallow, flat
noun
- 1
masculinepliers
- 2
derogatorymasculineslanghomosexual
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no es profundo.
noun: 1. Hombre que siente atracción sexual por otras personas de su mismo sexo biológico.
noun: 1. Pequeñas tenazas usadas para trabajos de electricidad o electrónica.
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 playo
- playa feminine
- playos masculine plural
- playas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce playo?
- /ˈplaʝo/
- [ˈpla.ʝo]
- [ˈplaʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to playo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is playo in Spanish?
playo appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).