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vernáculo

Spanish, adjective/beɾˈnakulo/

vernáculo is spelled V-E-R-N-Á-C-U-L-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 65,203rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vernáculo is a Spanish adjective meaning “vernacular (pertaining to everyday language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de un esclavo: que nació en el hogar de su amo”.

What does vernáculo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    vernacular (pertaining to everyday language)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Dicho de un esclavo: que nació en el hogar de su amo. 2. Propio o relacionado con el lugar que se está estudiando.

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 vernáculo

  • vernácula feminine
  • vernáculos masculine plural
  • vernáculas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce vernáculo?

  • /beɾˈnakulo/
  • [beɾˈna.ku.lo]
  • [beɾˈnakulo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to vernáculo

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

How common is vernáculo in Spanish?

vernáculo appears about once in every 3 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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