Polyglot Dictionary

ocioso

/oˈsjoso/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los ociosos

Meaning

  1. idle, leisurely person

    Mostly used as an adjective (idle, at leisure); using it as a noun for "an idle person" is less common than the adjective use.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Practice

1 What does ocioso mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pasaba los ratos ___ leyendo en el jardín.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ocioso?

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