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ocioso

Spanish, noun/oˈθjoso/

ocioso is spelled O-C-I-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 51,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ocioso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “idler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does ocioso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    idle

  2. 2

    useless

noun

  1. 1

    masculineidler

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que no esta trabajando o que no esta ocupado, que no esta haciendo algo. 2. Que no se esta usando, que no esta en operación. 3. Que no produce o que no da fruto.

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 ocioso

  • ociosa feminine
  • ociosos masculine plural
  • ociosas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce ocioso?

  • /oˈθjoso/
  • [oˈθjo.so]
  • /oˈsjoso/

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

English words that translate to ocioso

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

How common is ocioso in Spanish?

ocioso appears about once in every 2 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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