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marco

Spanish, noun

marco is spelled M-A-R-C-O (5 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,286th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “frame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of marcar. With an accent, marcó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of marcar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pieza utilizada para rodear o ceñir alguna cosa, como una pintura, guarneciéndola”.

What does marco mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineframe

  2. 2

    masculineframework

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemarco, Spanish mark (a traditional unit of weight, equivalent to about 230 g)

  2. 2

    masculinemark (other similar half-pound weights in other measurement systems)

  3. 3

    masculinemark (a former German currency)

  4. 4

    masculinemarkka (a former Finnish currency)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of marcar

verb

as marcó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of marcar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pieza utilizada para rodear o ceñir alguna cosa, como una pintura, guarneciéndola. 2. Construcción en la que se encaja una abertura en una construcción. 3. Por extensión, entorno físico, lógico o temporal de alguna cosa. 4. Unidad monetaria de Alemania, sustituída por el euro desde el 2002.

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 marco

  • marcos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to marco

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is marco in Spanish?

marco appears 68 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).

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