santo
Spanish, noun/ˈsanto/
santo is spelled S-A-N-T-O (5 letters) and appears 74 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Santo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “male saint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Representación de un santo₃”.
What does santo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
holy, godly
noun
- 1
masculinemale saint
- 2
masculinename day
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dedicado al culto o el servicio de una deidad. 2. Digno de alabanza por su pureza o bondad. 3. En particular, explícitamente designado como santo₂ por alguna confesión religiosa. 4. Por extensión, propio de o relativo a la semana que media entre el domingo de ramos y el de resurrección.
noun: 1. Representación de un santo₃.
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 santo
- before a noun san masculine singular
- santa feminine
- santos masculine plural
- santas feminine plural
- santísimo superlative
- sancto alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce santo?
- /ˈsanto/
- [ˈsãn̪.t̪o]
- /santo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to santo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is santo in Spanish?
santo appears 74 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).