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patio

Spanish, noun/ˈpatjo/

patio is spelled P-A-T-I-O (5 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,239th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “yard, patio” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Espacio cerrado con paredes o galerías, que en las casas y otros edificios se deja al descubierto”.

What does patio mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineyard, patio

  2. 2

    masculinecourtyard

  3. 3

    masculineschoolyard

  4. 4

    Spainmasculinerecess, break

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Espacio cerrado con paredes o galerías, que en las casas y otros edificios se deja al descubierto. 2. Espacio que media entre las líneas de árboles y el término o margen de un campo. 3. Espacio descubierto cerca de las estaciones de ferrocarril, en el cual se maniobran las locomotoras. 4. Campo (parte baja de una grada que no tiene butacas).

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 patio

  • patios plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce patio?

  • /ˈpatjo/
  • [ˈpa.t̪jo]
  • [ˈpat̪jo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to patio

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is patio in Spanish?

patio appears 25 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).

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