osco
Spanish, adjective/ˈosko/
osco is spelled O-S-C-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 182,048th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Osco is a Spanish adjective meaning “Oscan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does osco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Oscan
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne al antiguo pueblo itálico que habitó la actual región italiana de la Campania en el primer milenio antes de Cristo.
noun: 1. Lengua indoeuropea del grupo itálico hablada, entre otras tribus, por los oscos y los samnitas en el primer milenio antes de Cristo.
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 osco
- osca feminine
- oscos masculine plural
- oscas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce osco?
- /ˈosko/
- [ˈos.ko]
- [ˈosko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to osco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is osco in Spanish?
osco appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).