opaco
Spanish, adjective
opaco is spelled O-P-A-C-O (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,673rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opaco is a Spanish adjective meaning “opaque (allowing little light to pass through)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of opacar. With an accent, opacó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of opacar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que impide el paso a la luz”.
What does opaco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
opaque (allowing little light to pass through)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of opacar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of opacar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que impide el paso a la luz. 2. Oscuro, sombrío.
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 opaco
- opaca feminine
- opacos masculine plural
- opacas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to opaco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is opaco in Spanish?
opaco appears 1.2 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).