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aterido

Spanish, adjective/ateˈɾido/

aterido is spelled A-T-E-R-I-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish, the 220,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aterido is a Spanish adjective meaning “numb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of aterir. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Paralizado y rígido por el frío”.

What does aterido mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    numb

    aterido de frío

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of aterir

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Paralizado y rígido por el frío.

verb: 1. Participio de aterir o de aterirse.

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 aterido

  • aterida feminine
  • ateridos masculine plural
  • ateridas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce aterido?

  • /ateˈɾido/
  • [a.t̪eˈɾi.ð̞o]
  • [at̪eˈɾið̞o]

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

How common is aterido in Spanish?

aterido appears about once in every 38 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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