cuadro
Spanish, noun
cuadro is spelled C-U-A-D-R-O (6 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,555th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuadro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “square (a polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of cuadrar. With an accent, cuadró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of cuadrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lienzo o tabla pintado artísticamente”.
What does cuadro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesquare (a polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles)
- 2
masculinerectangle (any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles)
- 3
masculinepicture, painting or other work of art, especially one in a frame
- 4
masculineframe (a piece of photographic film containing an image)
- 5
masculineframe (a rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material)
- 6
masculinetable, chart, graph (a visual representation of data)
cuadro de diálogo
- 7
masculinesight, scene, picture, spectacle, image (an event that leaves an impact)
- 8
masculinegroup, team, squad; staff
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of cuadrar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of cuadrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lienzo o tabla pintado artísticamente. 2. Tabla o grafo que sintetiza datos a partir de sus relaciones lógicas, como parte de un texto explicativo. 3. Marco que ciñe alguna cosa enmarcándola. 4. Pieza de forma cuadrada.
adjective: 1. De forma cuadrada.
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 cuadro
- cuadros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cuadro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cuadro in Spanish?
cuadro appears 33 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).