talego
Spanish, noun/taˈleɡo/
talego is spelled T-A-L-E-G-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,042nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Talego is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sack, bag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Saco pequeño de lienzo u otra tela basta”.
What does talego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesack, bag
- 2
Spaincolloquialmasculinejail
- 3
Spaincolloquialmasculinesmall wad of hash
- 4
Spaincolloquialmasculinea thousand peseta note (≈ 6 EUR)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Saco pequeño de lienzo u otra tela basta. 2. Persona robusta y con la cintura poco acusada. 3. Establecimiento destinado al alojamiento de los penados a privación de libertad. 4. Billete de mil pesetas.
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 talego
- talegos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce talego?
- /taˈleɡo/
- [t̪aˈle.ɣ̞o]
- [t̪aˈleɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to talego
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is talego in Spanish?
talego appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).