aborregado
Spanish, adjective/aboreˈɡado/
aborregado is spelled A-B-O-R-R-E-G-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish, the 244,405th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aborregado is a Spanish adjective meaning “mackerel (said of the sky)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of aborregarse. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene una forma o aspecto similar a la lana del borrego”.
What does aborregado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mackerel (said of the sky)
cielo aborregado
verb
- 1
past participle of aborregarse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene una forma o aspecto similar a la lana del borrego. 2. Que tiene una conducta similar a la del borrego, sumisión o la tendencia a agruparse.
verb: 1. Participio de aborregarse.
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 aborregado
- aborregada feminine
- aborregados masculine plural
- aborregadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aborregado?
- /aboreˈɡado/
- [a.β̞o.reˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
- [aβ̞oreˈɣ̞að̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aborregado in Spanish?
aborregado appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).