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adulto

Spanish, noun/aˈdulto/

adulto is spelled A-D-U-L-T-O (6 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,078th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adulto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “adult” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does adulto mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    adult

noun

  1. 1

    masculineadult

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona: que llegó a su pleno crecimiento o desarrollo. 2. Dicho de un animal: que posee plena capacidad reproductiva. 3. Cultivado, perfeccionado, maduro.

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 adulto

  • adulta feminine
  • adultos masculine plural
  • adultas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce adulto?

  • /aˈdulto/
  • [aˈð̞ul̪.t̪o]
  • [aˈð̞ul̪t̪o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to adulto

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is adulto in Spanish?

adulto appears 15 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).

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