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anticuado

Spanish, adjective/antiˈkwado/

anticuado is spelled A-N-T-I-C-U-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,401st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anticuado is a Spanish adjective meaning “antiquated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of anticuar.

What does anticuado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    antiquated

  2. 2

    obsolete

  3. 3

    outmoded

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of anticuar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Obsoleto o en desuso desde hace tiempo; perteneciente a otra época; pasado de moda; chapado a la antigua.

verb: 1. Participio de anticuar o de anticuarse.

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 anticuado

  • anticuada feminine
  • anticuados masculine plural
  • anticuadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce anticuado?

  • /antiˈkwado/
  • [ãn̪.t̪iˈkwa.ð̞o]
  • [ãn̪t̪iˈkwað̞o]

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

English words that translate to anticuado

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

How common is anticuado in Spanish?

anticuado appears 1.8 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).

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