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rulo

Spanish, noun

rulo is spelled R-U-L-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,779th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rulo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “curl (of hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of rular. With an accent, ruló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of rular”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bola gruesa u otra cosa redonda que rueda fácilmente”.

What does rulo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecurl (of hair)

  2. 2

    masculinehair curler

  3. 3

    masculineball (of cheese, etc)

  4. 4

    masculineball (for gymnastics)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of rular

verb

as ruló
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of rular

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Bola gruesa u otra cosa redonda que rueda fácilmente. 2. Piedra de figura de cono truncado, sujeta por un eje horizontal, que gira con movimientos de rotación y traslación alrededor del árbol del alfarje en los molinos de aceite. En algunos alfarjes se sustituye el rulo por volanderas. 3. Cilindro muy pesado de piedra o de hierro, que se hace rodar para allanar y apretar la tierra, o para consolidar el firme de las carreteras. 4. En peluquería, cilindro de plástico, hueco, en el que se enrolla un mechón de cabello para hacer un rizo.

noun: 1. Tierra agrícola que recibe toda su agua de las lluvias, terreno agrícola que no se riega.

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 rulo

  • rulos plural

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

How common is rulo in Spanish?

rulo appears about once in every 2 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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