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recuerdo

Spanish, noun/reˈkweɾdo/

recuerdo is spelled R-E-C-U-E-R-D-O (8 letters) and appears 115 times per million words in written Spanish, the 765th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recuerdo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “memory (a specific thing that is remembered)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of recordar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de recordar”.

What does recuerdo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinememory (a specific thing that is remembered)

    Near-synonym: (one sense) memoria

  2. 2

    masculinesouvenir

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of recordar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción o efecto de recordar. 2. Facultad para evocar o recordar; memoria. 3. Regalo que se da en señal de afecto o amistad. 4. Objeto que se conserva para evocar un hecho vivido o a alguna persona.

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 recuerdo

  • recuerdos plural

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

How do you pronounce recuerdo?

  • /reˈkweɾdo/
  • [reˈkweɾ.ð̞o]
  • [reˈkweɾð̞o]

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

English words that translate to recuerdo

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

How common is recuerdo in Spanish?

recuerdo appears 115 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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