asado
noun
asado is a noun meaning “Any of various dishes made from grilled or barbecued meat originating in Latin American and Philippine cuisine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-S-A-D-O, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of asado is asados.
What does asado mean?
noun
- 1
Any of various dishes made from grilled or barbecued meat originating in Latin American and Philippine cuisine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of asado
- asados plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is asado?
Asado appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does asado come from?
Borrowed from Spanish asado (“grilled”), from Latin assātus (“roasted”), past participle of Latin assō (“to roast, broil”), from assus (“roasted”) + -ō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-. Partially borrowed from Tagalog asado from the same origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).