soslayo
Spanish, adjective
soslayo is spelled S-O-S-L-A-Y-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 101,597th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soslayo is a Spanish adjective meaning “slanted, oblique, sideways” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of soslayar. With an accent, soslayó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of soslayar”.
What does soslayo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slanted, oblique, sideways
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of soslayar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of soslayar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Se usa solo en las locuciones al soslayo y de soslayo..
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 soslayo
- soslaya feminine
- soslayos masculine plural
- soslayas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is soslayo in Spanish?
soslayo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).