espinado
Spanish, adjective/espiˈnado/
espinado is spelled E-S-P-I-N-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish, the 215,438th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espinado is a Spanish adjective meaning “spiny, thorny (having thorns or spines)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of espinar.
What does espinado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spiny, thorny (having thorns or spines)
verb
- 1
past participle of espinar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de espinar₁.
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 espinado
- espinada feminine
- espinados masculine plural
- espinadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espinado?
- /espiˈnado/
- [es.piˈna.ð̞o]
- [espiˈnað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is espinado in Spanish?
espinado appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).