astuto
Spanish, adjective/asˈtuto/
astuto is spelled A-S-T-U-T-O (6 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Astuto is a Spanish adjective meaning “cunning, crafty, sly, wily, slick, foxy, artful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de una persona o animal, de inteligencia rápida, hábil para obtener lo que desea o evitar ser engañado”.
What does astuto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cunning, crafty, sly, wily, slick, foxy, artful
- 2
astute, shrewd, smart, clever, canny
- 3
sneaky
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 o animal, de inteligencia rápida, hábil para obtener lo que desea o evitar ser engañado. 2. Por extensión, persona poco considerada que se vale de artimañas en beneficio propio aun perjudicando a terceros o contraviniendo reglas, normas, leyes o principios éticos.
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 astuto
- astuta feminine
- astutos masculine plural
- astutas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce astuto?
- /asˈtuto/
- [asˈt̪u.t̪o]
- [asˈt̪ut̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to astuto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is astuto in Spanish?
astuto appears 2.3 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).