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oscuro

oscuro is Spanish for dark.

What oscuro means

adj. · #319

dark

Example: La habitación está muy oscura.

The room is very dark.

How common is it?

oscuro is ranked #319 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.

Nearby on the frequency list

Words with a similar frequency to oscuro — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.

• abierto — open
• cerrado — closed
• claro — clear; of course
• bonito — pretty, nice
• feo — ugly
• bueno — good

See all 500 most common Spanish words

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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22