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cárdeno

Spanish, adjective/ˈkaɾdeno/

cárdeno is spelled C-Á-R-D-E-N-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 185,934th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cárdeno is a Spanish adjective meaning “purplish, purply, violet, livid, lurid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Amoratado”.

What does cárdeno mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    purplish, purply, violet, livid, lurid

  2. 2

    grayish (of a bull), having small, dense black and white spots that appear gray or leaden

  3. 3

    opalescent (water)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Amoratado. 2. Dícese del toro cuyo pelo tiene mezcla de negro y blanco, semejante al tono plomizo. 3. Dicho del agua: De color opalino.

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 cárdeno

  • cárdena feminine
  • cárdenos masculine plural
  • cárdenas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce cárdeno?

  • /ˈkaɾdeno/
  • [ˈkaɾ.ð̞e.no]
  • [ˈkaɾð̞eno]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cárdeno

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cárdeno in Spanish?

cárdeno appears about once in every 26 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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