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cierto

Spanish, determiner/ˈθjeɾto/

cierto is spelled C-I-E-R-T-O (6 letters) and appears 234 times per million words in written Spanish, the 353rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cierto is a Spanish masculine determiner meaning “a certain, a specific” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does cierto mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    true

  2. 2

    true

    Cierto o falso: la mayoría de los españoles son hispanohablantes.

determiner

  1. 1

    masculinea certain, a specific

    Tiene cierta complejidad que no puedo explicar.

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que se sabe real, verdadero, que no ofrece dudas. 2. Usado inmediatamente antes de un sustantivo: Indeterminado. 3. Considerable, suficiente. 4. Hablando de los perros, se dice de aquellos que dan señas ciertas de la caza, y que seguramente la levantan.

adverb: 1. Con seguridad, con certeza.

adverb: 1. Sí; es verdad; es correcto.

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 cierto

  • cierta feminine
  • ciertos masculine plural
  • ciertas feminine plural
  • ciertísimo superlative
  • certísimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cierto?

  • /ˈθjeɾto/
  • [ˈθjeɾ.t̪o]
  • /ˈsjeɾto/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cierto

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cierto in Spanish?

cierto appears 234 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).

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