carbonado
car·bon·a·do/ˌkɑɹbəˈneɪdoʊ/noun, verb
carbonado is spelled C-A-R-B-O-N-A-D-O: 9 letters and 4 syllables (car·bon·a·do). It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carbonado means “Meat or fish that has been scored and broiled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carbonado is carbonados or carbonadoes.
How many letters and syllables are in carbonado?
| Letters | 9: C-A-R-B-O-N-A-D-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: car·bon·a·do |
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is carbonado?
Carbonado appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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).
How do you pronounce carbonado?
- UK /ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ/
- UK /-ˈnɑː-/
- US /ˌkɑɹbəˈneɪdoʊ/
Carbonado has 4 syllables, split car·bon·a·do in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-carbonado1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-carbonado2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with carbonado?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as carbonado from its last stressed vowel (/eɪdoʊ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of carbonado
- carbonados plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- carbonadoes plural
- carbonadoing participle, present
- carbonadoed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carbonado mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedMeat or fish that has been scored and broiled.
- 2
A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.
verb
- 1
datedTo make a carbonado of; to score and broil.
- 2
obsoleteTo cut or hack, as in combat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Carbonado in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | carbonade, carbonnade , carbonado |
| German | Carbonado |
| Portuguese | carbonado |
| Spanish | carbonado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does carbonado come from?
The noun is derived from Spanish carbonada (“carbonized”) (from carbonar (“to carbonize”)) + -ado (suffix forming past participles of regular verbs ending in -ar). Carbonada appears to have been modelled after Italian carbonata (“coal pile; stew of beef in red wine”), from carbone (“coal; charcoal”) (from Latin carbō (“coal; charcoal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn”)) + -ata. The verb is derived from the noun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).