famoso
Spanish, noun/faˈmoso/
famoso is spelled F-A-M-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,079th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Famoso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “celebrity, famous person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does famoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
well-known, famous
noun
- 1
masculinecelebrity, famous person
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Lo que tiene fama y nombre en la acepción común, tomándose tanto en buena como en mala parte. 2. Lo bueno, perfecto y excelente en su especie. 3. Lo que es visible e indudable.
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 famoso
- famosa feminine
- famosos masculine plural
- famosas feminine plural
- famosísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce famoso?
- /faˈmoso/
- [faˈmo.so]
- [faˈmoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to famoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is famoso in Spanish?
famoso appears 42 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).