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orfelinato

Spanish, noun/oɾfeliˈnato/

orfelinato is spelled O-R-F-E-L-I-N-A-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orfelinato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “orphanage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Institución que da asilo a los huérfanos”.

What does orfelinato mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineorphanage

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 orfelinato

  • orfelinatos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce orfelinato?

  • /oɾfeliˈnato/
  • [oɾ.fe.liˈna.t̪o]
  • [oɾfeliˈnat̪o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to orfelinato

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is orfelinato in Spanish?

orfelinato appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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