quino
Spanish, noun/ˈkino/
quino is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cinchona” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Árbol americano de que hay varias especies, pertenecientes a la familia de las rubiáceas, con hojas opuestas…”.
What does quino mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecinchona
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Golpe. Hoy se dice casi exclusivamente quiñe.
noun: 1. Árbol americano de que hay varias especies, pertenecientes a la familia de las rubiáceas, con hojas opuestas, ovales, más o menos grandes y apuntadas, enteras, lisas en la haz y algo vellosas en el envés, y fruto seco, capsular. Su corteza es la quina. 2. Zumo concreto, que se extrae de varios vegetales, muy usado como astringente.
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 quino
- quinos plural
- quiños plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quino?
- /ˈkino/
- [ˈki.no]
- [ˈkiɲo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quino in Spanish?
quino 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).