calada
Spanish, noun/kaˈlada/
calada is spelled C-A-L-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “puff, hit (of a cigarette)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of calado. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de calar”.
What does calada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepuff, hit (of a cigarette)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of calado
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of calado
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción y efecto de calar. 2. Vuelo rápido del ave de rapiña, ya abatiéndose, ya levantándose. 3. Acción de inhalar el humo de un cigarro, puro, etc. 4. Camino estrecho y áspero.
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 calada
- caladas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calada?
- /kaˈlada/
- [kaˈla.ð̞a]
- [kaˈlað̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calada in Spanish?
calada appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).