recelo
Spanish, noun
recelo is spelled R-E-C-E-L-O (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,508th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recelo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mistrust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of recelar. With an accent, receló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of recelar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Temor, sospecha o cuidado”.
What does recelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemistrust
- 2
masculineaversion
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of recelar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of recelar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Temor, sospecha o cuidado.
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de recelar.
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 recelo
- recelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to recelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recelo in Spanish?
recelo appears 1.5 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).