Similar words
antiguo
vetusto is more literary and emphatic, "ancient, decrepit"; antiguo is more everyday, "old, ancient."
Similar in other languages
German
antik
antik is the German word for the same thing — both mean "ancient."
Practice
1 What does vetusto mean?
ancient
2 Fill the gap: Vive en una casa ___.
Full sentence: Vive en una casa vetusta. (He lives in an ancient house.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches vetusto?
vetusto: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.