aforo
Spanish, noun
aforo is spelled A-F-O-R-O (5 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,921st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aforo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “capacity (maximum number of people a public place e.g. cinema, theatre, can hold)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of aforar (“to gauge, to measure”). With an accent, aforó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of aforar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Medir la cantidad de agua por unidad de tiempo que llega a un depósito, por medio de la diferencia de nivel…”.
What does aforo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecapacity (maximum number of people a public place e.g. cinema, theatre, can hold)
- 2
masculinegraduation mark (mark on a container to show the volume held)
- 3
masculinegauging (agent noun of "gauge")
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of aforar (“to gauge, to measure”)
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of aforar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Medir la cantidad de agua por unidad de tiempo que llega a un depósito, por medio de la diferencia de nivel que en este último se produce. 2. Capacidad real o estimada de espectadores que caben en un determinado recinto de espectáculos como un teatro, un cine o un estadio. 3. Diferencia entre el valor de mercado del título dado en garantía y el crédito otorgado. Lo pide el banco que lo concedió para cubrirse del riesgo de una caída en el valor de la cobertura o garantía.
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 aforo
- aforos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aforo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aforo in Spanish?
aforo appears 2.1 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).