plomo
Spanish, noun/ˈplomo/
plomo is spelled P-L-O-M-O (5 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,402nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plomo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lead (heavy, pliable, inelastic metal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Elemento químico de la tabla periódica de los elementos, con símbolo Pb y número atómico 82, un metal pesado…”.
What does plomo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelead (heavy, pliable, inelastic metal)
- 2
masculinegrey (colour between white and black)
- 3
masculineshot, pellet
- 4
masculineplumb line
- 5
masculinefuse
- 6
informalmasculinebore, drag (something boring or dull)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Elemento químico de la tabla periódica de los elementos, con símbolo Pb y número atómico 82, un metal pesado, dúctil, maleable, poco tenaz, de color azul grisáceo, y muy tóxico. 2. Pesa de plomo u otro material pesado usada para lastrar. 3. Cosa o persona tediosa y molesta. 4. Munición metálica para un arma de fuego.
adjective: 1. De color que recuerda al del plomo₁. 2. Color intermedio entre blanco y negro.
interjection: 1. Úsase para dar aliento o expresar apoyo.
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 plomo
- plomos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plomo?
- /ˈplomo/
- [ˈplo.mo]
- [ˈplomo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plomo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plomo in Spanish?
plomo appears 9.5 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).