esgrafiado
Spanish, noun/esɡɾaˈfjado/
esgrafiado is spelled E-S-G-R-A-F-I-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 195,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esgrafiado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sgraffito” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of esgrafiar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Técnica decorativa que consiste en hacer incisiones sobre el cuerpo del objeto o pared, en la parte…”.
What does esgrafiado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesgraffito
verb
- 1
past participle of esgrafiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Técnica decorativa que consiste en hacer incisiones sobre el cuerpo del objeto o pared, en la parte superficial, de manera que quede al descubierto la capa inferior, que es de otro color. 2. Obra hecha con el grafio.
verb: 1. Participio de esgrafiar.
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 esgrafiado
- esgrafiados plural
- esgrafiada feminine
- esgrafiadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esgrafiado?
- /esɡɾaˈfjado/
- [ez.ɣ̞ɾaˈfja.ð̞o]
- [esɣ̞ɾaˈfjað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esgrafiado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esgrafiado in Spanish?
esgrafiado 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).