canoso
Spanish, adjective/kaˈnoso/
canoso is spelled C-A-N-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 55,445th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “gray/grey, hoary (of hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene abundantes canas”.
What does canoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gray/grey, hoary (of hair)
Tu cabeza es canosa.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene abundantes canas.
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 canoso
- canosa feminine
- canosos masculine plural
- canosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canoso?
- /kaˈnoso/
- [kaˈno.so]
- [kaˈnoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is canoso in Spanish?
canoso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).