antiguo
Spanish, adjective
antiguo is spelled A-N-T-I-G-U-O (7 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,476th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antiguo is a Spanish adjective meaning “old, former, erstwhile, quondam, one-time, onetime” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of antiguar. With an accent, antiguó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of antiguar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que existe desde hace un periodo de tiempo relativamente largo”.
What does antiguo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
old, former, erstwhile, quondam, one-time, onetime
el antiguo presidente
- 2
old, ancient, age-old
el español antiguo
- 3
vintage, antique
- 4
old-fashioned, outdated, old-style, old-time
- 5
long-standing, longstanding
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of antiguar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of antiguar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que existe desde hace un periodo de tiempo relativamente largo. 2. Que sucedió hace mucho tiempo. 3. Anterior. 4. Pasado de moda.
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 antiguo
- antigua feminine
- antiguos masculine plural
- antiguas feminine plural
- antiquísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to antiguo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is antiguo in Spanish?
antiguo appears 59 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).