fosco
Spanish, adjective/ˈfosko/
fosco is spelled F-O-S-C-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 141,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fosco is a Spanish adjective meaning “alternative form of hosco” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante poco usada de fusco”.
What does fosco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternative form of hosco
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante poco usada de fusco. 2. Variante poco usada de hosco. 3. Dicho del cabello: enmarañado, desordenado.
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 fosco
- fosca feminine
- foscos masculine plural
- foscas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fosco?
- /ˈfosko/
- [ˈfos.ko]
- [ˈfosko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fosco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fosco in Spanish?
fosco appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).