vecino
Spanish, noun/beˈθino/
vecino is spelled V-E-C-I-N-O (6 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,658th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vecino is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “neighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does vecino mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)
- 2
masculinea resident or inhabitant of an area, especially of a neighborhood or a village
- 3
masculinefreeman, person of relatively high status associated with a place
adjective
- 1
neighboring, adjacent
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que reside en una ciudad, pueblo o barrio, respecto de otros que también lo hacen. 2. En particular, que tiene residencia legal en ese sitio, con los derechos y obligaciones que ello comporta. 3. Antiguamente, que tenía propiedad en un sitio, y por lo tanto derecho de voto en la asamblea o cabildo. 4. Por extensión, que se encuentra cerca, literal o figurativamente.
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 vecino
- vecinos plural
- vecina feminine
- vecinas feminine plural
- vezino alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vecino?
- /beˈθino/
- [beˈθi.no]
- /beˈsino/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vecino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vecino in Spanish?
vecino appears 32 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).