destacado
Spanish, adjective/destaˈkado/
destacado is spelled D-E-S-T-A-C-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,231st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destacado is a Spanish adjective meaning “outstanding, prominent, notable, salient, distinguished” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of destacar.
What does destacado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
outstanding, prominent, notable, salient, distinguished
- 2
highlighted, featured, emphasized
verb
- 1
past participle of destacar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de destacar.
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 destacado
- destacada feminine
- destacados masculine plural
- destacadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destacado?
- /destaˈkado/
- [d̪es.t̪aˈka.ð̞o]
- [d̪est̪aˈkað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to destacado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destacado in Spanish?
destacado appears 19 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).