candidato
Spanish, noun
candidato is spelled C-A-N-D-I-D-A-T-O (9 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,446th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Candidato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “candidate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of candidatar. With an accent, candidató is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of candidatar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aspirante a alguna dignidad o cargo”.
What does candidato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecandidate
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of candidatar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of candidatar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aspirante a alguna dignidad o cargo. 2. Persona que ha sido propuesta o señalada para una dignidad o cargo, aun si no lo ha solicitado.
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 candidato
- candidatos plural
- candidata feminine
- candidatas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to candidato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is candidato in Spanish?
candidato appears 60 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).