autónomo
Spanish, noun/auˈtonomo/
autónomo is spelled A-U-T-Ó-N-O-M-O (8 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,770th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autónomo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “freelancer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does autónomo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
autonomous
- 2
self-employed, freelance
noun
- 1
masculinefreelancer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no depende de otros para ciertas cosas, que goza de autonomía. 2. Que trabaja de forma independiente, sin ser empleado de una empresa o funcionario de un organismo. 3. Que trabaja sin intervención externa realizando algún cambio solo mediante una decisión intrínseca.
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 autónomo
- autónoma feminine
- autónomos masculine plural
- autónomas feminine plural
- autonómo alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autónomo?
- /auˈtonomo/
- [au̯ˈt̪o.no.mo]
- [awˈt̪onomo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autónomo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autónomo in Spanish?
autónomo appears 7.6 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).