actor
Spanish, noun/aɡˈtoɾ/
actor is spelled A-C-T-O-R (5 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,499th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Actor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que actúa o representa un papel en una obra de teatro, cine, radio o televisión”.
What does actor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineactor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)
noun
- 1
masculinedefendant
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que actúa o representa un papel en una obra de teatro, cine, radio o televisión. 2. Persona que simula, dramatiza o exagera.
noun: 1. Participante de una situación o acción, sobre todo cuando es decisivo para la concreción. 2. Persona natural o jurídica que emprende una acción judicial.
noun: 1. Variante obsoleta de autor.
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 actor
- actores plural
- actriz feminine
- actrices feminine plural
- actora feminine
- actoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce actor?
- /aɡˈtoɾ/
- [aɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- [akˈt̪oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to actor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is actor in Spanish?
actor appears 34 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).