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arcaico

Spanish, adjective/aɾˈkaiko/

arcaico is spelled A-R-C-A-I-C-O (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,789th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arcaico is a Spanish adjective meaning “archaic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Propio de o relativo a una época pasada”.

What does arcaico mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    archaic

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Muy antiguo y en desuso 2. Propio de o relativo a una época pasada

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 arcaico

  • arcaica feminine
  • arcaicos masculine plural
  • arcaicas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce arcaico?

  • /aɾˈkaiko/
  • [aɾˈkai̯.ko]
  • [aɾˈkajko]

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

English words that translate to arcaico

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

How common is arcaico in Spanish?

arcaico appears 1.2 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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