coso
Spanish, noun/ˈkoso/
coso is spelled C-O-S-O (4 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,583rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Honduran, Dominican, Colombian, Venezuelan, Ecuadorian, Rioplatense, Costa Rican, and Paraguayan form of cosa (“thing”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of coser. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona cuyo nombre se desconoce, se ha olvidado o se decide omitir, despectivamente o no”.
What does coso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineHonduran, Dominican, Colombian, Venezuelan, Ecuadorian, Rioplatense, Costa Rican, and Paraguayan form of cosa (“thing”)
¡Pasame el coso! (bolso)
- 2
informalmasculinethingy
noun
- 1
Spaindatedmasculinebull ring
- 2
masculineobsoleteroad, way
noun
- 1
masculinewoodworm
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of coser
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona cuyo nombre se desconoce, se ha olvidado o se decide omitir, despectivamente o no. 2. Objeto cuyo nombre se desconoce, se ha olvidado o cuya especie no puede desvelarse. 3. Órgano masculino del hombre que sirve para orinar.
noun: 1. Lugar donde se realiza la lidia.
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 coso
- cosos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coso?
- /ˈkoso/
- [ˈko.so]
- [ˈkoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coso in Spanish?
coso appears 2.1 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).