figurado
Spanish, adjective/fiɡuˈɾado/
figurado is spelled F-I-G-U-R-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,450th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Figurado is a Spanish adjective meaning “figurative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of figurar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de una expresión, palabra, estilo, etc.: metafórico, no literal”.
What does figurado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
figurative
verb
- 1
past participle of figurar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de una expresión, palabra, estilo, etc.: metafórico, no literal.
verb: 1. Participio de figurar o de figurarse.
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 figurado
- figurada feminine
- figurados masculine plural
- figuradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce figurado?
- /fiɡuˈɾado/
- [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾa.ð̞o]
- [fiɣ̞uˈɾað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to figurado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is figurado in Spanish?
figurado appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).