oculto
Spanish, adjective
oculto is spelled O-C-U-L-T-O (6 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,670th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oculto is a Spanish adjective meaning “occult” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ocultar. With an accent, ocultó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of ocultar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que está tapado, cubierto y por lo tanto no se puede ver”.
What does oculto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
occult
- 2
hidden, secret
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ocultar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of ocultar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que está tapado, cubierto y por lo tanto no se puede ver. 2. Que no se conoce, no se sabe. 3. Que no tiene explicación, que su conocimiento no está a disposición de los no iniciados. 4. (Ctenomys spp) Roedores pequeños que según la especie pesan de 100g a 1kg, viven en galerías subterráneas que cavan con sus dientes y patas anteriores.
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 oculto
- oculta feminine
- ocultos masculine plural
- ocultas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to oculto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oculto in Spanish?
oculto appears 9.1 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).