velcro
Spanish, noun/ˈbelkɾo/
velcro is spelled V-E-L-C-R-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 70,049th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velcro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Velcro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sistema de cierre y apertura rápido y sencillo. Consiste en dos cintas de tela que deben fijarse en las…”.
What does velcro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineVelcro
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sistema de cierre y apertura rápido y sencillo. Consiste en dos cintas de tela que deben fijarse en las superficies a unir mediante cosido o pegado. Una de las cintas posee unas pequeñas púas flexibles que acaban en forma de gancho y que por simple presión se enganchan a la otra cinta cubierta de fibras enmarañadas que forman bucles y que permiten el agarre.
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 velcro
- velcros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce velcro?
- /ˈbelkɾo/
- [ˈbel.kɾo]
- [ˈbelkɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is velcro in Spanish?
velcro 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).