Comparle

Spanish30 Oct 2026language

tocayo

toh-KAH-yoh[toˈkaʝo]

someone who carries the same first name as you — your namesake, and greeted as one

Closest in English: namesake, namesakes, name-twin. None of them covers it.

Play this word Or today's word ›

The story

The trail is disputed, but the likeliest source is Classical Nahuatl tocayoh, one who has a name. In Mexico two men called Luis will greet each other as tocayo and drop the surname altogether. English keeps namesake for the formal version and stops there.

How it went in the game

Contains the answers. If you want to play the word yourself first, leave this closed.

  1. Which language is it from?Spanish
  2. Who says it most often?Two Carloses meeting at a party
  3. Where would you hear it?At a class list read out loud
  4. What does it mean?Someone who has the same name

How it went

Harder than most words so far.

Round four, meaning, was where most points went.

More Spanish words

All Spanish words ›

More about talking

All words about talking ›