morado
Spanish, noun/moˈɾado/
morado is spelled M-O-R-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,540th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Morado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “purple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of morar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mancha de la piel de color morado, que con el tiempo va poniéndose amarillenta, para terminar por…”.
What does morado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
purple
- 2
murrey
noun
- 1
masculinepurple
- 2
masculinea bruise
- 3
masculinemurrey
- 4
masculineSomeone of African descent; a black person.
verb
- 1
past participle of morar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice del color entre un rojo encendido y azul.
noun: 1. Mancha de la piel de color morado, que con el tiempo va poniéndose amarillenta, para terminar por desaparecer, debida a una hemorragia subcutánea, normalmente provocada por un golpe.
verb: 1. Participio de morar.
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 morado
- morada feminine
- morados masculine plural
- moradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce morado?
- /moˈɾado/
- [moˈɾa.ð̞o]
- [moˈɾað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to morado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is morado in Spanish?
morado appears 4.7 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).