acervo
Spanish, noun
acervo is spelled A-C-E-R-V-O (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acervo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “heritage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of acervar. With an accent, acervó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of acervar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cúmulo de cosas u objetos pequeños colocados desordenadamente unos sobre otros”.
What does acervo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheritage
el acervo de la nación
- 2
masculineheap, pile
un acervo de preguntas
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of acervar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of acervar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cúmulo de cosas u objetos pequeños colocados desordenadamente unos sobre otros. 2. Conjunto de bienes inmateriales que pertenecen a una determinada cultura o tradición. 3. Conjunto de bienes tenidos en común.
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 acervo
- acervos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to acervo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acervo in Spanish?
acervo appears 1.7 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).