What does famoso in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word famoso in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use famoso in Spanish.

The word famoso in Spanish means famous, famous, celebrity, star. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word famoso

famous

adjetivo (célebre, popular)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Un famoso representante del Romanticismo es el poeta inglés Lord Byron.
A famous representative of Romanticism is the English poet Lord Byron.

famous

adjetivo (coloquial (muy mentado) (humorous)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Por fin conocí al famoso novio de mi prima.
Finally, I got to meet my cousin's famous boyfriend.

celebrity, star

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (celebridad, estrella)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Todos los famosos llegaron a la entrega de premios.
All of the stars (or: celebrities) were present at the awards show.

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Spanish (español), also known as Castilla, is a language of the Iberian-Romance group of the Romance languages, and the 4th most common language in the world according to Some sources, while others list it as a 2nd or 3rd most common language. It is the mother tongue of about 352 million people, and is spoken by 417 million people when adding its speakers as a language. sub (estimated in 1999). Spanish and Portuguese have very similar grammar and vocabulary; The number of similar vocabulary of these two languages is up to 89%. Spanish is the primary language of 20 countries around the world. It is estimated that the total number of speakers of Spanish is between 470 and 500 million, making it the second most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers.