timo
Spanish, noun
timo is spelled T-I-M-O (4 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,593rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Timo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “swindle, con, grift, hustle, sting, con game, confidence game” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of timar. With an accent, timó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of timar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Glándula que controlar el sistema inmunitario del organismo en los mamíferos. Es bilobulada, ubicándose en el…”.
What does timo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spainmasculineswindle, con, grift, hustle, sting, con game, confidence game
- 2
Spainmasculinescam, racket, cheat
- 3
Spainmasculinerip-off
noun
- 1
masculinethymus
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of timar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of timar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Glándula que controlar el sistema inmunitario del organismo en los mamíferos. Es bilobulada, ubicándose en el mediastino, detrás del esternón. Sus secreciones controlan el desarrollo del sistema linfático y el crecimiento; alcanza su mayor tamaño en la pubertad, reduciéndose luego. La de algunos animales es muy apreciada en gastronomía con el nombre de molleja.
noun: 1. Engaño o abuso en una relación comercial por el que alguno obtiene beneficio ilegítimo.
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 timo
- timos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to timo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is timo in Spanish?
timo appears 2.3 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).