sexto
Spanish, noun/ˈseɡsto/
sexto is spelled S-E-X-T-O (5 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,378th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sexto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sixth, ¹⁄₆” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada una de seis partes iguales en las que se divide un todo”.
What does sexto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sixth
noun
- 1
masculinesixth, ¹⁄₆
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
number: 1. Que ocupa el puesto siguiente al quinto en una serie ordenada. Ordinal del seis. 2. Que es una de las seis partes iguales en las que se divide algo.
noun: 1. Cada una de seis partes iguales en las que se divide un todo. 2. En el juego de truco, partida de seis integrantes, repartidos en dos grupos de tres, que en turnos alternados juegan en conjunto (redondilla) o con el contrincante que tienen en frente (puntazo).
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 sexto
- sexta feminine
- sextos masculine plural
- sextas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sexto?
- /ˈseɡsto/
- [ˈseɣ̞s.t̪o]
- /ˈsesto/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sexto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sexto in Spanish?
sexto appears 14 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).