casto
Spanish, adjective/ˈkasto/
casto is spelled C-A-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 44,603rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Casto is a Spanish adjective meaning “chaste (abstaining from sexual intercourse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que se abstiene de todo goce sexual o lo vive de acuerdo a ciertas directrices dictadas por su…”.
What does casto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
chaste (abstaining from sexual intercourse)
- 2
obsoletepure
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Persona que se abstiene de todo goce sexual o lo vive de acuerdo a ciertas directrices dictadas por su religión o su moral.
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 casto
- casta feminine
- castos masculine plural
- castas feminine plural
- castísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce casto?
- /ˈkasto/
- [ˈkas.t̪o]
- [ˈkast̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to casto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is casto in Spanish?
casto 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).