oficioso
Spanish, adjective/ofiˈθjoso/
oficioso is spelled O-F-I-C-I-O-S-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 78,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oficioso is a Spanish adjective meaning “officious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aplícase a la persona hacendosa y solícita en ejecutar lo que está a su cuidado”.
What does oficioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
officious
- 2
unofficial
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Aplícase a la persona hacendosa y solícita en ejecutar lo que está a su cuidado.
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 oficioso
- oficiosa feminine
- oficiosos masculine plural
- oficiosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oficioso?
- /ofiˈθjoso/
- [o.fiˈθjo.so]
- /ofiˈsjoso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oficioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oficioso in Spanish?
oficioso appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).