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colado

Spanish, adjective/koˈlado/

colado is spelled C-O-L-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,923rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colado is a Spanish adjective meaning “crazy (about someone); having the hots (for); crush, smitten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of colar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sustancia pasada a través de un colador”.

What does colado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    colloquialcrazy (about someone); having the hots (for); crush, smitten

    Está colada por mí.

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of colar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Sustancia pasada a través de un colador. 2. Persona que se introduce en un sitio sin autorización, evadiendo los controles. 3. Completamente enamorado. 4. Persona que asiste a fiestas sin invitación.

noun: 1. Alimento molido y blando para bebés y niños pequeños.

verb: 1. Participio de colar.

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 colado

  • colada feminine
  • colados masculine plural
  • coladas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce colado?

  • /koˈlado/
  • [koˈla.ð̞o]
  • [koˈlað̞o]

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

English words that translate to colado

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

How common is colado in Spanish?

colado appears 1.6 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).

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