afortunado
Spanish, adjective/afoɾtuˈnado/
afortunado is spelled A-F-O-R-T-U-N-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,987th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afortunado is a Spanish adjective meaning “lucky, fortunate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of afortunar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Con fortuna o buena suerte”.
What does afortunado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lucky, fortunate
Me considero afortunado.
verb
- 1
past participle of afortunar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Con fortuna o buena suerte. 2. Feliz, que contiene, genera o proviene de la felicidad. 3. Que ocurre o se hace de tal modo o en tal momento que genera resultados positivos. 4. Borrascoso, tempestuoso.
verb: 1. Participio de afortunar.
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 afortunado
- afortunada feminine
- afortunados masculine plural
- afortunadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afortunado?
- /afoɾtuˈnado/
- [a.foɾ.t̪uˈna.ð̞o]
- [afoɾt̪uˈnað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afortunado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afortunado in Spanish?
afortunado appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).