charada
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃaˈɾada/
charada is spelled C-H-A-R-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 107,397th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “charade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Adivinanza en la que para descubrir la palabra principal, se debe dar con las sílabas que la componen, las…”.
What does charada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecharade
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Adivinanza en la que para descubrir la palabra principal, se debe dar con las sílabas que la componen, las cuales a su vez, en diferentes disposiciones, forman otras palabras ocultas dentro del acertijo.
noun: 1. Llama de breve duración.
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 charada
- charadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charada?
- /t͡ʃaˈɾada/
- [t͡ʃaˈɾa.ð̞a]
- [t͡ʃaˈɾað̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to charada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is charada in Spanish?
charada 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).