sello
Spanish, noun
sello is spelled S-E-L-L-O (5 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,491st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sello is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “seal, sigil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of sellar. With an accent, selló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of sellar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Altorrelieve de un texto, signo o figura que, previamente entintado, se emplea para estamparlo en un…”.
What does sello mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseal, sigil
- 2
masculinestamp (device for stamping designs)
- 3
masculinestamp (imprint made by stamping)
- 4
masculinepostage stamp
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of sellar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of sellar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Altorrelieve de un texto, signo o figura que, previamente entintado, se emplea para estamparlo en un documento. 2. Marca que deja un sello₁ 3. Pieza de papel, lacre u otro material, estampada con un sello₂ oficial, que se emplea para indicar la validez de un documento. 4. En particular, aquel que indica el franqueo de una carta o paquete.
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 sello
- sellos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sello
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sello in Spanish?
sello appears 17 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).