ataúd
Spanish, noun/ataˈud/
ataúd is spelled A-T-A-Ú-D (5 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,278th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ataúd is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “coffin, casket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Caja donde se mete el cadáver para llevarlo a enterrar”.
What does ataúd mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoffin, casket
- 2
Latin-Americamasculinea metal or (lined) wooden oven for roasting or smoking food outdoors (compare caja china)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caja donde se mete el cadáver para llevarlo a enterrar.
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 ataúd
- ataúdes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ataúd?
- /ataˈud/
- [a.t̪aˈuð̞]
- [at̪aˈuð̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ataúd
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ataúd in Spanish?
ataúd appears 3.2 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).