resto
Spanish, noun
resto is spelled R-E-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears 148 times per million words in written Spanish, the 575th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Resto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rest, remainder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of restar. With an accent, restó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of restar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte que queda de un todo tras haberle sido extraído algo”.
What does resto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerest, remainder
el resto de mi vida
- 2
masculineremainder
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of restar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of restar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte que queda de un todo tras haberle sido extraído algo. 2. Resultado de una operación de sustracción. 3. Cantidad que resulta de restar la mayor cantidad de veces posible el divisor del dividendo, sin que por ello el resultado cambie de signo. 4. Vigor, en especial físico, para emprender o continuar una actividad.
noun: 1. Restaurante.
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 resto
- restos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to resto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is resto in Spanish?
resto appears 148 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).