enchilado
Spanish, adjective/ent͡ʃiˈlado/
enchilado is spelled E-N-C-H-I-L-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 195,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enchilado is a Spanish adjective meaning “affected by hot chile, e.g. with a red face and irritated eyes and nose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of enchilar.
What does enchilado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
affected by hot chile, e.g. with a red face and irritated eyes and nose
verb
- 1
past participle of enchilar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Comida hecha con productos del mar y acompañada de salsa de chile picante que es propia de Cuba. 2. Del color de ciertos chiles y de la sangre. 3. Persona que esta cansada y se apalanca.
verb: 1. Participio del verbo enchilar..
verb: 1. Participio de enchilar.
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 enchilado
- enchilada feminine
- enchilados masculine plural
- enchiladas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enchilado?
- /ent͡ʃiˈlado/
- [ẽnʲ.t͡ʃiˈla.ð̞o]
- [ẽnʲt͡ʃiˈlað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enchilado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enchilado in Spanish?
enchilado appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).