quilombo
Spanish, noun/kiˈlombo/
quilombo is spelled Q-U-I-L-O-M-B-O (8 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,524th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quilombo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “big mess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Comunidad de esclavos cimarrones que, durante la época colonial en América, se organizaban para su…”.
What does quilombo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebig mess
- 2
masculinebrothel
- 3
masculineboondocks
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Comunidad de esclavos cimarrones que, durante la época colonial en América, se organizaban para su subsistencia y defensa independientemente de la autoridad colonial.^([cita requerida]) 2. Local en el que se ejerce la prostitución. 3. Situación confusa y desordenada, mezcla de cosas y/o de gente generalmente alborotada. 4. Conflicto o problema de difícil solución.
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 quilombo
- quilombos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quilombo?
- /kiˈlombo/
- [kiˈlõm.bo]
- [kiˈlõmbo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quilombo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quilombo in Spanish?
quilombo appears 3.8 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).