nocturno
Spanish, noun/noɡˈtuɾno/
nocturno is spelled N-O-C-T-U-R-N-O (8 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nocturno is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “nocturne (composition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada una de las tres partes de la primera de las horas canónicas, los maitines”.
What does nocturno mean in English?
adjective
- 1
night
- 2
nocturnal
noun
- 1
masculinenocturne (composition)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne a la noche. 2. Que ocurre o se hace durante la noche. 3. Se dice de las plantas y árboles que abren sus flores durante la noche. 4. Se dice de los animales que se vuelven activos durante la noche.
noun: 1. Cada una de las tres partes de la primera de las horas canónicas, los maitines. 2. Pequeña composición musical de carácter melancólico y dulce. 3. Serenata en la que se interpretan melodías melancólicas, dulces y sentimentales.
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 nocturno
- nocturna feminine
- nocturnos masculine plural
- nocturnas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nocturno?
- /noɡˈtuɾno/
- [noɣ̞ˈt̪uɾ.no]
- [nokˈt̪uɾno]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nocturno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nocturno in Spanish?
nocturno appears 10 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).