relicto
Spanish, noun/reˈliɡto/
relicto is spelled R-E-L-I-C-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 142,722nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relicto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “relict” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does relicto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
relict
noun
- 1
masculinerelict
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de una especie o ecosistema, que hoy está restringido en su ámbito, habiendo sido más extendido o común en el pasado. 2. Estructuras de minerales de un material rocoso parental que no ha metamorfoseado cuando las rocas vecinas si lo hacían, o son las rocas que sobreviven a un proceso geológico destructivo. Por ejemplo, los patrones ondulantes vistos en mármol son relictos de deposiciones en la calcita original.
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 relicto
- relicta feminine
- relictos masculine plural
- relictas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce relicto?
- /reˈliɡto/
- [reˈliɣ̞.t̪o]
- [reˈlikt̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is relicto in Spanish?
relicto appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).