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modo

Spanish, noun/ˈmodo/

modo is spelled M-O-D-O (4 letters) and appears 155 times per million words in written Spanish, the 551st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “way, manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Forma de hacerse, ocurrir o ser algo”.

What does modo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineway, manner

    a mi modo de ver

  2. 2

    masculinemood

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Forma de hacerse, ocurrir o ser algo. 2. Sistema para realizar una acción. 3. Apariencia de una cosa, persona, animal o acción. 4. Característica gramatical de los verbos, expresada en su flexión, que indica el grado de realidad o posibilidad percibido por el hablante respecto a lo indicado por el verbo.

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 modo

  • modos plural

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

How do you pronounce modo?

  • /ˈmodo/
  • [ˈmo.ð̞o]
  • [ˈmoð̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to modo

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

How common is modo in Spanish?

modo appears 155 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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