orfanato
Spanish, noun/oɾfaˈnato/
orfanato is spelled O-R-F-A-N-A-T-O (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orfanato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Institución que da asilo a los huérfanos”.
What does orfanato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Institución que da asilo a los huérfanos
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 orfanato
- orfanatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orfanato?
- /oɾfaˈnato/
- [oɾ.faˈna.t̪o]
- [oɾfaˈnat̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orfanato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orfanato in Spanish?
orfanato appears 2.0 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).