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vetusto

Spanish, adjective/beˈtusto/

vetusto is spelled V-E-T-U-S-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 92,762nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vetusto is a Spanish adjective meaning “old, ancient, age-old” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does vetusto mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    old, ancient, age-old

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Muy antiguo o de mucha edad.

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 vetusto

  • vetusta feminine
  • vetustos masculine plural
  • vetustas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce vetusto?

  • /beˈtusto/
  • [beˈt̪us.t̪o]
  • [beˈt̪ust̪o]

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

How common is vetusto in Spanish?

vetusto appears about once in every 6 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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