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abrigado

Spanish, adjective/abɾiˈɡado/

abrigado is spelled A-B-R-I-G-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,380th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abrigado is a Spanish adjective meaning “covert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abrigar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cubierto, defendido, resguardado, socorrido, arropado”.

What does abrigado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    covert

  2. 2

    covered, blanketed

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of abrigar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Cubierto, defendido, resguardado, socorrido, arropado.

noun: 1. Sitio defendido de los vientos fríos.

verb: 1. Participio de abrigar.

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 abrigado

  • abrigada feminine
  • abrigados masculine plural
  • abrigadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce abrigado?

  • /abɾiˈɡado/
  • [a.β̞ɾiˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
  • [aβ̞ɾiˈɣ̞að̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to abrigado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is abrigado in Spanish?

abrigado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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