contexto
Spanish, noun/konˈteɡsto/
contexto is spelled C-O-N-T-E-X-T-O (8 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,476th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contexto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “context” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El entorno o las circunstancias que determinan, especifican o aclaran el significado de un evento o suceso”.
What does contexto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontext
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El entorno o las circunstancias que determinan, especifican o aclaran el significado de un evento o suceso. 2. El entorno lingüístico que acompaña una palabra u oración para poder determinar su significado. 3. Trabazón. 4. Tejido, enredo, unión de cosas enlazadas.
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 contexto
- contextos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contexto?
- /konˈteɡsto/
- [kõn̪ˈt̪eɣ̞s.t̪o]
- [kõn̪ˈt̪ekst̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contexto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contexto in Spanish?
contexto appears 59 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).