adiós
Spanish, noun
adiós is spelled A-D-I-Ó-S (5 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,046th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adiós is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “farewell; goodbye” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, adios is a different word: “Anglicization of adiós”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Despedida”.
What does adiós mean in English?
interjection
- 1
goodbye, farewell
noun
- 1
masculinefarewell; goodbye
interjection
- 1
Anglicization of adiós.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Expresión de despedida utilizada entre dos personas de trato formal, sin importar el momento del día ni las circunstancias.. 2. Expresión usada para indicar que alguien no volverá, algo no será como antes, o una situación no volverá a producirse.. 3. Expresión de saludo fugaz..
noun: 1. Despedida.
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 adiós
- ¡adiós! canonical
- a Dios alternative dated
- adioses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to adiós
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adiós in Spanish?
adiós appears 27 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).