autor
Spanish, noun/auˈtoɾ/
autor is spelled A-U-T-O-R (5 letters) and appears 117 times per million words in written Spanish, the 737th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “author” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que crea algo y, en particular, una obra de literatura o de arte”.
What does autor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineauthor
- 2
masculineperpetrator of a crime
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que crea algo y, en particular, una obra de literatura o de arte. 2. Persona que realiza una acción determinada.
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 autor
- autores plural
- autora feminine
- autoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autor?
- /auˈtoɾ/
- [au̯ˈt̪oɾ]
- [awˈt̪oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autor in Spanish?
autor appears 117 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).