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rocío

Spanish, noun

rocío is spelled R-O-C-Í-O (5 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rocío is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dew (moisture on cool surfaces that condenses from the surrounding moist air)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of rociar. With an accent, roció is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of rociar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Humedad que, por el frío nocturno, se condensa formando gotas en la tierra y la hierba”.

What does rocío mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedew (moisture on cool surfaces that condenses from the surrounding moist air)

  2. 2

    masculinesprinkle, shower (brief, light rain)

  3. 3

    masculinequaff, chug

  4. 4

    masculinespray

  5. 5

    masculineice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of rociar

verb

as roció
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of rociar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Humedad que, por el frío nocturno, se condensa formando gotas en la tierra y la hierba. 2. En particular, gota visible de rocío₁. 3. Por extensión, líquido pulverizado sobre algo para humedecerlo. 4. Lluvia fina y ligera.

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 rocío

  • rocíos plural

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

English words that translate to rocío

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

How common is rocío in Spanish?

rocío appears 6.2 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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