zancudo
Spanish, noun/θanˈkudo/
zancudo is spelled Z-A-N-C-U-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 74,340th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zancudo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mosquito” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquiera de los pequeños insectos, delgados, dípteros y hematófagos cuyas hembras pican a las personas (y a…”.
What does zancudo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
long-legged
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculinemosquito
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualquiera de los pequeños insectos, delgados, dípteros y hematófagos cuyas hembras pican a las personas (y a otros mamíferos) durante su sueño.
adjective: 1. Se dice de un grupo de aves que se alimentan en terrenos anegados o pantanosos, desplazándose con facilidad por ellos gracias a sus largas patas. 2. Se dice de la persona de piernas muy largas.
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 zancudo
- zancuda feminine
- zancudos masculine plural
- zancudas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zancudo?
- /θanˈkudo/
- [θãŋˈku.ð̞o]
- /sanˈkudo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zancudo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zancudo in Spanish?
zancudo 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).