escarpado
Spanish, adjective/eskaɾˈpado/
escarpado is spelled E-S-C-A-R-P-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 71,694th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escarpado is a Spanish adjective meaning “steep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of escarpar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene escarpa; que tiene gran inclinación o pendiente”.
What does escarpado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
steep
- 2
craggy
terreno escarpado
verb
- 1
past participle of escarpar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene escarpa; que tiene gran inclinación o pendiente. 2. Dícese de las alturas que no tienen subida ni bajada transitables o las tienen muy irregulares y peligrosas.
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 escarpado
- escarpada feminine
- escarpados masculine plural
- escarpadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarpado?
- /eskaɾˈpado/
- [es.kaɾˈpa.ð̞o]
- [eskaɾˈpað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escarpado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escarpado in Spanish?
escarpado appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).