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curtido

Spanish, noun/kuɾˈtido/

curtido is spelled C-U-R-T-I-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,380th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curtido is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a pickled cabbage salad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of curtir. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de curtir”.

What does curtido mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    tanned

  2. 2

    weather-beaten, leathery (of skin)

  3. 3

    pickled

    Tengo un recipiente de cebolla curtida en casa.

  4. 4

    blackened by dirt, dirty

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea pickled cabbage salad

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of curtir

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Endurecido y tostado por efecto del sol y del aire; como cuero. 2. Bronceado. 3. Se dice de una persona: experta, experimentada.

noun: 1. Acción o efecto de curtir. 2. Cuero curtido₁, tratado, apto para su uso. 3. Ensalada de lechuga.

verb: 1. Participio de curtir.

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 curtido

  • curtida feminine
  • curtidos masculine plural
  • curtidas feminine plural
  • curtío alternative pronunciation-spelling
  • cultío alternative dialectal

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

How do you pronounce curtido?

  • /kuɾˈtido/
  • [kuɾˈt̪i.ð̞o]
  • /kulˈti(d)o/

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

English words that translate to curtido

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

How common is curtido in Spanish?

curtido appears about once in every 2 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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