rizo
Spanish, noun
rizo is spelled R-I-Z-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 38,543rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rizo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “curl, lock (of hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of rizar. With an accent, rizó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of rizar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mechón de pelo que natural o artificialmente tiene forma de bucle o tirabuzón”.
What does rizo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
curly, kinky (of hair)
noun
- 1
masculinecurl, lock (of hair)
- 2
masculineanything shaped like a curl of hair
- 3
masculinehighlight
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of rizar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of rizar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Ensortijado o hecho rizos naturalmente. 2. Se aplica a un terciopelo no cortado en el telar, áspero al tacto, y que forma una especie de cordoncillo. Lo hay liso y labrado.
noun: 1. Mechón de pelo que natural o artificialmente tiene forma de bucle o tirabuzón. 2. Tejido de especial absorbencia y agradable al tacto. 3. Maniobra aérea (looping).
noun: 1. Cada uno de los pedazos de cabo blanco o cajeta, que pasado por el ollao u ojete sirve para recoger una parte de la vela y sirve de envergue para el resto, disminuyendo la superficie de la vela expuesta al viento.
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 rizo
- riza feminine
- rizos masculine plural
- rizas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rizo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rizo in Spanish?
rizo 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).