altercado
Spanish, noun/alteɾˈkado/
altercado is spelled A-L-T-E-R-C-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,367th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altercado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “altercation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of altercar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pelea, discusión”.
What does altercado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealtercation
verb
- 1
past participle of altercar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pelea, discusión.
verb: 1. Participio de altercar.
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 altercado
- altercados plural
- altercada feminine
- altercadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altercado?
- /alteɾˈkado/
- [al̪.t̪eɾˈka.ð̞o]
- [al̪t̪eɾˈkað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to altercado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is altercado in Spanish?
altercado appears 1.3 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).