ocaso
Spanish, noun/oˈkaso/
ocaso is spelled O-C-A-S-O (5 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,282nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ocaso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dusk, sunset” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Momento en que un astro se oculta a la vista, bajo el horizonte”.
What does ocaso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedusk, sunset
- 2
masculinewest
- 3
masculinedecline
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Momento en que un astro se oculta a la vista, bajo el horizonte. 2. Punto cardinal por donde se pone el Sol y lugar, área, dirección o territorio que se sitúa hacia ese punto, convencionalmente ubicado a la izquierda de los mapas, a 270° del norte. 3. Periodo final de una vida. 4. Periodo de decadencia hasta la ruina final.
noun: 1. Grafía alternativa de ocaso (punto cardinal).
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 ocaso
- ocasos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ocaso?
- /oˈkaso/
- [oˈka.so]
- [oˈkaso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ocaso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ocaso in Spanish?
ocaso appears 2.0 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).