candado
Spanish, noun/kanˈdado/
candado is spelled C-A-N-D-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,055th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Candado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lock, padlock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of candar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cerradura suelta, encerrada en una caja metálica y que por medio de una armella sirve para cerrar cualquier…”.
What does candado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelock, padlock
verb
- 1
past participle of candar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cerradura suelta, encerrada en una caja metálica y que por medio de una armella sirve para cerrar cualquier tipo de puerta batiente o deslizante. 2. Cuenta secundaria que uno crea en una red social para poder navegar evitando que otras personas conocidas puedan seguir el historial de actividades o los gustos personales íntimos.
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 candado
- candados plural
- candada feminine
- candadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce candado?
- /kanˈdado/
- [kãn̪ˈd̪a.ð̞o]
- [kãn̪ˈd̪að̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to candado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is candado in Spanish?
candado appears 2.6 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).