asfalto
Spanish, noun
asfalto is spelled A-S-F-A-L-T-O (7 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,623rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asfalto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “asphalt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of asfaltar. With an accent, asfaltó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of asfaltar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fracción pesada del petróleo crudo, actualmente obtenida por destilación. En el pasado se usaron los…”.
What does asfalto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineasphalt
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of asfaltar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of asfaltar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fracción pesada del petróleo crudo, actualmente obtenida por destilación. En el pasado se usaron los depósitos naturales del mar Muerto y del lago Asfaltites, lo que le valió el nombre de betún judaico o betún de Judea. 2. Nombre dado por extensión a la mezcla de asfalto con arena y otras substancia que se utiliza como material en la construcción y en la pavimentación de calles. 3. Calzada revestida de asfalto.
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 asfalto
- asfaltos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to asfalto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asfalto in Spanish?
asfalto appears 4.2 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).