acicalado
Spanish, noun/aθikaˈlado/
acicalado is spelled A-C-I-C-A-L-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 132,280th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acicalado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “grooming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of acicalar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de acicalar”.
What does acicalado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrooming
verb
- 1
past participle of acicalar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción y efecto de acicalar.
adjective: 1. Extremadamente pulcro.
verb: 1. Participio de acicalar.
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 acicalado
- acicalados plural
- acicalada feminine
- acicaladas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acicalado?
- /aθikaˈlado/
- [a.θi.kaˈla.ð̞o]
- /asikaˈlado/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acicalado in Spanish?
acicalado appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).