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seso

Spanish, noun/ˈseso/

seso is spelled S-E-S-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,142nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “brain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cerebro”.

What does seso mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebrain

    volarle los sesos

  2. 2

    masculinebrainwork, brain power

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cerebro. 2. Conjunto de masa nerviosa contenida en el cráneo. 3. Buen juicio. 4. Prudencia, madurez.

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 seso

  • sesos plural

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

How do you pronounce seso?

  • /ˈseso/
  • [ˈse.so]
  • [ˈseso]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to seso

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is seso in Spanish?

seso appears about once in every 3 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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