calado
Spanish, noun/kaˈlado/
calado is spelled C-A-L-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,890th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “draft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of calar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Labor que se hace con aguja de coser o bordar en alguna tela, sacando o juntando hilos, con que se imita la…”.
What does calado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
soaked, drenched
- 2
engraved
noun
- 1
masculinedraft
- 2
masculinedepth (of water)
- 3
masculinesignificance, importance
- 4
masculineopenwork
- 5
masculinefretwork
verb
- 1
past participle of calar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Labor que se hace con aguja de coser o bordar en alguna tela, sacando o juntando hilos, con que se imita la randa o encaje. 2. Labor que se hace en tela, madera, papel, metal u otra materia, taladrándola a manera de sacabocados. 3. Profundidad a la que llega una embarcación en el agua, a contar desde la línea de flotación. 4. Profundidad del agua; altura que alcanza la superficie del agua sobre el fondo.
verb: 1. Participio de calar.
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 calado
- calada feminine
- calados masculine plural
- caladas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calado?
- /kaˈlado/
- [kaˈla.ð̞o]
- [kaˈlað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calado in Spanish?
calado appears 2.8 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).