dictado
Spanish, noun/diɡˈtado/
dictado is spelled D-I-C-T-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,797th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dictado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dictation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of dictar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de dictar”.
What does dictado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedictation
- 2
masculineinspiration; whim
- 3
masculineorder; imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of dictar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de dictar. 2. Texto que ha sido escrito a partir de lo que alguien dicta. 3. Título o calificativo aplicado a alguien, en particular de honor o señorío, como conde, duque, marqués, etc.
verb: 1. Participio de dictar.
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 dictado
- dictados plural
- dictada feminine
- dictadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dictado?
- /diɡˈtado/
- [d̪iɣ̞ˈt̪a.ð̞o]
- [d̪ikˈt̪að̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dictado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dictado in Spanish?
dictado appears 3.4 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).