fatuo
Spanish, adjective/ˈfatwo/
fatuo is spelled F-A-T-U-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 97,136th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fatuo is a Spanish adjective meaning “fatuous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Falto de razón o entendimiento”.
What does fatuo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fatuous
- 2
vain
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Falto de razón o entendimiento. 2. Lleno de presunción o vanidad infundada y ridícula.
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 fatuo
- fatua feminine
- fatuos masculine plural
- fatuas feminine plural
- fato alternative Chile Spain
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fatuo?
- /ˈfatwo/
- [ˈfa.t̪wo]
- [ˈfat̪wo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fatuo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fatuo in Spanish?
fatuo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).