acartonado
Spanish, adjective/akaɾtoˈnado/
acartonado is spelled A-C-A-R-T-O-N-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 122,511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acartonado is a Spanish adjective meaning “shrivelled, wizened” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of acartonar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Como el cartón en apariencia”.
What does acartonado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shrivelled, wizened
- 2
derogatorystiff, bland, dull
verb
- 1
past participle of acartonar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Como el cartón en apariencia. 2. Que carece de espontaneidad.
verb: 1. Participio de acartonarse.
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 acartonado
- acartonada feminine
- acartonados masculine plural
- acartonadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acartonado?
- /akaɾtoˈnado/
- [a.kaɾ.t̪oˈna.ð̞o]
- [akaɾt̪oˈnað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acartonado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acartonado in Spanish?
acartonado appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).