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vario

Spanish, adjective

vario is spelled V-A-R-I-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vario is a Spanish adjective meaning “various” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, varío is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of variar”. With an accent, varió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of variar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Diverso, diferente”.

What does vario mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    various

  2. 2

    varied

verb

as varío
  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of variar

verb

as varió
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of variar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Diverso, diferente. 2. Inconstante o mudable. 3. Indiferente o indeterminado. 4. Que presenta variedad.

adjective: 1. Que abunda o es mayor o excede lo corriente.

noun: 1. Información escrita heterogénea, en diversos formatos y de diferentes autores, reunida en un legajo, archivero, caja, etc.

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 vario

  • varia feminine
  • varios masculine plural
  • varias feminine plural

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

How common is vario in Spanish?

vario appears about once in every 2 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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