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quiosco

Spanish, noun/ˈkjosko/

quiosco is spelled Q-U-I-O-S-C-O (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,236th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quiosco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “kiosk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pabellón al aire libre, por lo general abierto, empleado para reuniones sociales y otros eventos”.

What does quiosco mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinekiosk

  2. 2

    masculinenewsstand

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pabellón al aire libre, por lo general abierto, empleado para reuniones sociales y otros eventos. 2. Construcción pequeña y por lo general portátil que, instalada en la vía pública, ofrece revistas u otros bienes. 3. Tienda pequeña que vende golosinas, refrescos y otros alimentos, por lo general con horarios más amplios que los de los comercios normales.

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 quiosco

  • quioscos plural
  • kiosco alternative
  • kiosko alternative misspelling

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

How do you pronounce quiosco?

  • /ˈkjosko/
  • [ˈkjos.ko]
  • [ˈkjosko]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to quiosco

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

How common is quiosco in Spanish?

quiosco appears 1.2 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).

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