externo
Spanish, adjective
externo is spelled E-X-T-E-R-N-O (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,633rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Externo is a Spanish adjective meaning “external” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of externar. With an accent, externó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of externar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que se encuentra o tiene lugar en el exterior”.
What does externo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
external
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of externar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of externar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que se encuentra o tiene lugar en el exterior 2. Se dice del alumno que no reside en el centro docente en el que estudia ni en sus dependencias.
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 externo
- externa feminine
- externos masculine plural
- externas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to externo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is externo in Spanish?
externo appears 11 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).