aparatoso
Spanish, adjective/apaɾaˈtoso/
aparatoso is spelled A-P-A-R-A-T-O-S-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 73,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aparatoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “showy, lavish, flamboyant, meretricious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene o está hecho con mucho aparato”.
What does aparatoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
showy, lavish, flamboyant, meretricious
- 2
spectacular
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene o está hecho con mucho aparato. 2. Desmedido, exagerado.
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 aparatoso
- aparatosa feminine
- aparatosos masculine plural
- aparatosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aparatoso?
- /apaɾaˈtoso/
- [a.pa.ɾaˈt̪o.so]
- [apaɾaˈt̪oso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aparatoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aparatoso in Spanish?
aparatoso appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).