avispado
Spanish, adjective/abisˈpado/
avispado is spelled A-V-I-S-P-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,962nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avispado is a Spanish adjective meaning “astute, sly, clever” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of avispar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que está alerta y que obra ágilmente en consecuencia, generalmente en beneficio propio o de los suyos”.
What does avispado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
astute, sly, clever
verb
- 1
past participle of avispar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que está alerta y que obra ágilmente en consecuencia, generalmente en beneficio propio o de los suyos. 2. Truhán, pillo, pícaro.
verb: 1. Participio de avispar.
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 avispado
- avispada feminine
- avispados masculine plural
- avispadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avispado?
- /abisˈpado/
- [a.β̞isˈpa.ð̞o]
- [aβ̞isˈpað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avispado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avispado in Spanish?
avispado 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).