estado
Spanish, noun/esˈtado/
estado is spelled E-S-T-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 776 times per million words in written Spanish, the 96th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “country, land (any broad area or territory)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of estar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Situación en que está una persona o una cosa, y en especial cada uno de los sucesivos modos de ser de una…”.
What does estado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecountry, land (any broad area or territory)
- 2
masculineproscribedalternative letter-case form of Estado (“state, a territory with a formally recognized sovereign government; administration, its government”)
- 3
masculinestate (a province, particularly a fairly autonomous one within a federation)
- 4
masculinestate, status (a condition)
- 5
masculineestado, Spanish fathom (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 167 cm)
verb
- 1
past participle of estar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Situación en que está una persona o una cosa, y en especial cada uno de los sucesivos modos de ser de una persona o cosa sujeta a cambios que influyen en su condición. 2. Orden, clase, jerarquía y calidad de las personas que componen un reino, una república o un pueblo; como el eclesiástico, el de nobles, el de plebeyos, etc. 3. Clase o condición a la cual está sujeta la vida de alguien. 4. Cuerpo político de una nación.
verb: 1. Participio de estar.
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 estado
- estados plural
- estada feminine
- estadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estado?
- /esˈtado/
- [esˈt̪a.ð̞o]
- [esˈt̪að̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estado in Spanish?
estado appears 776 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).