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entenado

Spanish, noun/enteˈnado/

entenado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “stepchild, stepson” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hijastro”.

What does entenado mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestepchild, stepson

  2. 2

    masculinean illegitimate stepson; a girlfriend’s child sired by a previous boyfriend

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Hijastro.

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 entenado

  • entenados plural
  • entenada feminine
  • entenadas feminine plural
  • antenado alternative obsolete
  • entenao alternative dialectal

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

How do you pronounce entenado?

  • /enteˈnado/
  • [ẽn̪.t̪eˈna.ð̞o]
  • [ẽn̪t̪eˈnað̞o]

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

English words that translate to entenado

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

How common is entenado in Spanish?

entenado appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).