vicio
Spanish, noun
vicio is spelled V-I-C-I-O (5 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,830th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vicio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “vice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of viciar. With an accent, vició is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of viciar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hábito pernicioso o disfuncional del carácter”.
What does vicio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevice
- 2
masculinebad habit
- 3
masculineimperfection, blotch
- 4
masculineslip-up, mess-up
- 5
masculinespoiledness
- 6
masculinerankness
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of viciar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of viciar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hábito pernicioso o disfuncional del carácter 2. Afición desmedida a algún placer. Generalmente se emplea cuando es perjudicial. 3. Por extensión, cosa o práctica a la que resulta fácil aficionarse 4. Defecto que invalida un acto o documento
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 vicio
- vicios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vicio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vicio in Spanish?
vicio appears 8.9 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).