uñero
Spanish, noun/uˈɲeɾo/
uñero is spelled U-Ñ-E-R-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish, the 224,790th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uñero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ingrown nail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Inflamación de la uña, cuando ésta crece más de lo normal y se clava en la piel”.
What does uñero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineingrown nail
- 2
masculineparonychia or similar nail-related infection
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inflamación de la uña, cuando ésta crece más de lo normal y se clava en la piel.
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 uñero
- uñeros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce uñero?
- /uˈɲeɾo/
- [uˈɲe.ɾo]
- [uˈɲeɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to uñero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is uñero in Spanish?
uñero appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).