esterilizado
Spanish, adjective/esteɾiliˈθado/
esterilizado is spelled E-S-T-E-R-I-L-I-Z-A-D-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 65,931st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esterilizado is a Spanish adjective meaning “sterilized, sterile (germ-free)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of esterilizar.
What does esterilizado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sterilized, sterile (germ-free)
- 2
sterilized, sterile (unable to procreate)
- 3
spayed (with feminine inflection)
verb
- 1
past participle of esterilizar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de esterilizar.
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 esterilizado
- esterilizada feminine
- esterilizados masculine plural
- esterilizadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esterilizado?
- /esteɾiliˈθado/
- [es.t̪e.ɾi.liˈθa.ð̞o]
- /esteɾiliˈsado/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esterilizado in Spanish?
esterilizado appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).