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caldeo

Spanish, noun

caldeo is spelled C-A-L-D-E-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 105,087th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caldeo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Chaldean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of caldear. With an accent, caldeó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of caldear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona experta en astrología”.

What does caldeo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Chaldean

noun

  1. 1

    masculineChaldean

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of caldear

verb

as caldeó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of caldear

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Caldea.

noun: 1. Persona experta en astrología. 2. Persona experta en matemáticas.

noun: 1. Lengua semítica hablada por los caldeos₄.

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 caldeo

  • caldea feminine
  • caldeos masculine plural
  • caldeas feminine plural

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

How common is caldeo in Spanish?

caldeo appears about once in every 8 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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