oro
Spanish, noun
oro is spelled O-R-O (3 letters) and appears 117 times per million words in written Spanish, the 737th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of orar. With an accent, oró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of orar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Elemento químico con el número atómico 79. Es un metal pesado, dúctil, maleable, resistente a la corrosión…”.
What does oro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegold.
- 2
masculineor
- 3
masculineA suit in a Spanish deck of cards.
- 4
masculineA card from this suit.
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineor
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of orar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of orar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Elemento químico con el número atómico 79. Es un metal pesado, dúctil, maleable, resistente a la corrosión, muy apreciado en joyería desde la remota Antigüedad. 2. Joyería u ornamento de este material. 3. Por extensión, bien que se usa para el pago de otros bienes y servicios y como unidad de medida de la riqueza. 4. Medalla de este metal, que se otorga convencionalmente al primer clasificado en ciertas pruebas deportivas.
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 oro
- oros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to oro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oro in Spanish?
oro appears 117 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).