polio
Spanish, noun
polio is spelled P-O-L-I-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 38,543rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polio is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “poliomyelitis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, polió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of polir”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poliomielitis”.
What does polio mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepoliomyelitis
suffix
- 1
masculine-poly
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of polir
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poliomielitis.
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 polio
- polios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to polio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polio in Spanish?
polio 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).