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visto

Spanish, adjective/ˈbisto/

visto is spelled V-I-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears 229 times per million words in written Spanish, the 362nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Visto is a Spanish adjective meaning “seen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of ver. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ya suficientemente considerado como para proceder a dictar sentencia”.

What does visto mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    seen

  2. 2

    obvious, clear

  3. 3

    exposed, bare

  4. 4

    known about, talked about, seen around

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of ver

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of vestir

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Ya suficientemente considerado como para proceder a dictar sentencia. 2. De uso tan extendido que resulta vulgar o anticuado. 3. Que queda a la vista en una construcción.

noun: 1. Sección de un texto legal o administrativo que enumera la normativa relevante para la decisión. 2. En aplicaciones de mensajería, señal de confirmación que recibe un usuario una vez que el destinatario recibió y leyó su mensaje.

verb: 1. Participio irregular de ver.

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 visto

  • vista feminine
  • vistos masculine plural
  • vistas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce visto?

  • /ˈbisto/
  • [ˈbis.t̪o]
  • Spain [ˈbist̪o]

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

English words that translate to visto

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

How common is visto in Spanish?

visto appears 229 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).

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