verdugo
Spanish, noun/beɾˈduɡo/
verdugo is spelled V-E-R-D-U-G-O (7 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,619th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdugo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “executioner, hangman (official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Renuevo o vástago del árbol”.
What does verdugo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineexecutioner, hangman (official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal)
- 2
masculinetyrant
- 3
masculinepuntilla (small dagger for administering the coup de grâce to the bull)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Renuevo o vástago del árbol. 2. Estoque (tipo de espada) muy delgado. 3. Azote o látigo hecho de cuero, mimbre u otra materia flexible. 4. Roncha larga, herida o señal que levanta el golpe del azote.
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 verdugo
- verdugos plural
- verduga feminine
- verdugas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verdugo?
- /beɾˈduɡo/
- [beɾˈð̞u.ɣ̞o]
- [beɾˈð̞uɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verdugo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verdugo in Spanish?
verdugo appears 2.9 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).