obligado
Spanish, adjective/obliˈɡado/
obligado is spelled O-B-L-I-G-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obligado is a Spanish adjective meaning “obliged, obligated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of obligar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Agradecido”.
What does obligado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obliged, obligated
- 2
committed
- 3
coerced, forced
verb
- 1
past participle of obligar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Agradecido.
noun: 1. Contratista de abastos. 2. Composición con una sola parte principal, tocada o cantada con acompañamiento.
verb: 1. Participio pasado del verbo obligar y obligarse.
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 obligado
- obligada feminine
- obligados masculine plural
- obligadas feminine plural
- obligadísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obligado?
- /obliˈɡado/
- [o.β̞liˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
- [oβ̞liˈɣ̞að̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obligado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obligado in Spanish?
obligado appears 26 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).