letrado
Spanish, noun/leˈtɾado/
letrado is spelled L-E-T-R-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,728th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Letrado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lawyer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asesor jurídico, abogado o jurista”.
What does letrado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
educated; erudite
- 2
datedliterate
noun
- 1
masculinelawyer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sabio, docto o instruido. 2. Que presume de discreto y habla mucho y sin fundamento. 3. Que solo sabía leer. 4. Que sabía escribir.
noun: 1. Asesor jurídico, abogado o jurista.
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 letrado
- letrada feminine
- letrados masculine plural
- letradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce letrado?
- /leˈtɾado/
- [leˈt̪ɾa.ð̞o]
- [leˈt̪ɾað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to letrado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is letrado in Spanish?
letrado appears 1.5 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).