moroso
Spanish, noun/moˈɾoso/
moroso is spelled M-O-R-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 61,391st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moroso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “defaulter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does moroso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
defaulting, delinquent (late or failing to pay a debt)
noun
- 1
masculinedefaulter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que incurre en mora. 2. Por extensión, que actúa o transcurre con mayor demora de lo previsto.
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 moroso
- morosa feminine
- morosos masculine plural
- morosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moroso?
- /moˈɾoso/
- [moˈɾo.so]
- [moˈɾoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moroso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moroso in Spanish?
moroso appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).