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entero

Spanish, noun

entero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “whole number, integer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of enterar. With an accent, enteró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of enterar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dinero con que se salda una transacción”.

What does entero mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    whole; entire

  2. 2

    informalintact, unbroken

noun

  1. 1

    masculinewhole number, integer

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of enterar

prefix

as entero-
  1. 1

    entero-

verb

as enteró
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of enterar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que no le falta ninguna de sus partes. 2. Que integra todos los aspectos que le son propios. 3. Que mantiene el control de sus emociones. 4. Que está físicamente irreprochable.

noun: 1. Dinero con que se salda una transacción. 2. Saldo de una suma. 3. Boleto indiviso de un sorteo o lotería. 4. Boleto de un sorteo o lotería.

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 entero

  • entera feminine
  • enteros masculine plural
  • enteras feminine plural

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

English words that translate to entero

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

How common is entero in Spanish?

entero appears 39 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).