ridículo
Spanish, noun/riˈdikulo/
ridículo is spelled R-I-D-Í-C-U-L-O (8 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,683rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ridículo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ridicule, ridiculousness, laughableness (ridiculous situation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bolsa de mano que pende de unos cordones, la cual usaban las mujeres para llevar el pañuelo y otros objetos…”.
What does ridículo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ridiculous
Pero esto es completamente ridículo.
noun
- 1
masculineridicule, ridiculousness, laughableness (ridiculous situation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bolsa de mano que pende de unos cordones, la cual usaban las mujeres para llevar el pañuelo y otros objetos pequeños.
adjective: 1. Que por su rareza o extravagancia incita a la risa o burla. 2. Escaso, corto o de poca estimación. 3. Extraño y poco apreciado. 4. De genio irregular, nimiamente delicado o reparón.
noun: 1. Situación que provoca risa o burla.
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 ridículo
- ridícula feminine
- ridículos masculine plural
- ridículas feminine plural
- ridiculísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ridículo?
- /riˈdikulo/
- [riˈð̞i.ku.lo]
- [riˈð̞ikulo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ridículo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ridículo in Spanish?
ridículo appears 22 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).