otro
Spanish, determiner/ˈotɾo/
otro is spelled O-T-R-O (4 letters) and appears 741 times per million words in written Spanish, the 105th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Otro is a Spanish masculine determiner meaning “other, another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does otro mean in English?
determiner
- 1
masculineother, another
Deme otro ejemplo.
interjection
- 1
masculine"Not again!" or "What, again?" (also Otra vez! or Otra vez?)
pronoun
- 1
masculinesomeone else; another person
- 2
masculinesomething else; another one
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no es el mismo que ya se había mencionado. 2. En particular, no el mismo pero muy semejante. 3. Que no es el mismo que enuncia el discurso.
pronoun: 1. Otra cosa u otra persona distinta de la que se hace referencia.
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 otro
- otros plural
- otra feminine
- otras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce otro?
- /ˈotɾo/
- [ˈo.t̪ɾo]
- [ˈot̪ɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to otro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is otro in Spanish?
otro appears 741 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).