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poto

Spanish, noun

poto is spelled P-O-T-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “buttocks; butt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of potar. With an accent, potó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of potar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de la musculatura de la parte posterior de la cadera”.

What does poto mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebuttocks; butt

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of potar

verb

as potó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of potar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Conjunto de la musculatura de la parte posterior de la cadera. 2. Por metonimia: ano. 3. Parte trasera del animal cuadrúpedo, comprendiendo la parte superior del muslo donde se une con la espalda y el fuerte músculo de las nalgas. 4. Parte inferior de un objeto sobre la cual se posa o descansa.

noun: 1. Recipiente pequeño para líquidos.

noun: 1. (Epipremnum aureum) Planta trepadora, dotada de zarcillos, de hasta 20 m de largo y 4 cm de diámetro en el tallo, con hojas perennes, cordiformes, de color brillante, e inflorescencia en espata. Es muy utilizada como ornamental por su resistencia.

noun: 1. (subfamilia Perodicticinae) Cualquiera de cuatro especies de mono arborícolas africanos de la familia de los lorísidos, de hocico largo, cola vestigial y denso pelaje pardo.

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 poto

  • potos plural

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

English words that translate to poto

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

How common is poto in Spanish?

poto appears about once in every 2 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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