apartadero
Spanish, noun/apaɾtaˈdeɾo/
apartadero is spelled A-P-A-R-T-A-D-E-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 129,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apartadero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lay-by (of a road)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lugar o punto de refugio de un camino, en los trozos estrechos o difíciles de éste, al que uno se retira para…”.
What does apartadero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelay-by (of a road)
- 2
masculinesiding
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lugar o punto de refugio de un camino, en los trozos estrechos o difíciles de éste, al que uno se retira para dejar libre el paso. 2. Pedazo de terreno contiguo a los caminos, que se deja baldío, para que descansen y pasten los ganados y caballerías que van de paso. 3. La oficina donde se apartan las cuatro suertes de lana que hay en cada vellón. 4. Vía férrea corta justo al lado de otra vía, conectada con la vía principal por un cambio de agujas y utilizada para desviar, apartar, descargar, etc.
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 apartadero
- apartaderos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apartadero?
- /apaɾtaˈdeɾo/
- [a.paɾ.t̪aˈð̞e.ɾo]
- [apaɾt̪aˈð̞eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apartadero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apartadero in Spanish?
apartadero appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).