colador
Spanish, noun/kolaˈdoɾ/
colador is spelled C-O-L-A-D-O-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,622nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colador is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sieve (only the strainer kind of sifter, not the cup-shaped sifter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Utensilio de cocina que dispone de unos agujeros a modo de criba o filtro de alimentos con el objeto de…”.
What does colador mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesieve (only the strainer kind of sifter, not the cup-shaped sifter)
- 2
masculinecolander
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Utensilio de cocina que dispone de unos agujeros a modo de criba o filtro de alimentos con el objeto de escurrir y separar al alimento sólido de su caldo. 2. En sentido figurado, asignatura o proceso de selección difícil de superar.
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 colador
- coladores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colador?
- /kolaˈdoɾ/
- [ko.laˈð̞oɾ]
- [kolaˈð̞oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colador in Spanish?
colador appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).