abocetado
Spanish, adjective/aboθeˈtado/
abocetado is spelled A-B-O-C-E-T-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish, the 321,281st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abocetado is a Spanish adjective meaning “sketchy (intended for later refinement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abocetar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se refiere a la pintura que estando aún sin terminar parece más un boceto que obra concluída”.
What does abocetado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sketchy (intended for later refinement)
verb
- 1
past participle of abocetar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se refiere a la pintura que estando aún sin terminar parece más un boceto que obra concluída. 2. Participio de abocetar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abocetado
- abocetada feminine
- abocetados masculine plural
- abocetadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abocetado?
- /aboθeˈtado/
- [a.β̞o.θeˈt̪a.ð̞o]
- /aboseˈtado/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abocetado in Spanish?
abocetado appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).