rocoto
Spanish, noun/roˈkoto/
rocoto is spelled R-O-C-O-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 132,280th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rocoto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rocoto (chili pepper)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Capsicum pubescens) Planta herbácea cuyo fruto se emplea como condimento picante”.
What does rocoto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerocoto (chili pepper)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Capsicum pubescens) Planta herbácea cuyo fruto se emplea como condimento picante. 2. Tipo de pimiento o ají, fruto del rocoto₁.
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 rocoto
- rocotos plural
- locoto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rocoto?
- /roˈkoto/
- [roˈko.t̪o]
- [roˈkot̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rocoto in Spanish?
rocoto appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).