señuelo
Spanish, noun/seˈɲwelo/
señuelo is spelled S-E-Ñ-U-E-L-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,167th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Señuelo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lure, decoy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Figura de ave en que se ponen algunos trozos de carne para atraer al halcón remontado”.
What does señuelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelure, decoy
- 2
masculinestool pigeon (bait to attract other birds)
- 3
masculineshill
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figura de ave en que se ponen algunos trozos de carne para atraer al halcón remontado. 2. Cualquier cosa que sirve para atraer otras aves. 3. Cimbel₂. 4. Cualquier cosa que sirve para atraer, persuadir o inducir, con alguna falacia.
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 señuelo
- señuelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce señuelo?
- /seˈɲwelo/
- [seˈɲwe.lo]
- [seˈɲwelo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to señuelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is señuelo in Spanish?
señuelo 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).