pecado
Spanish, noun/peˈkado/
pecado is spelled P-E-C-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,406th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pecado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of pecar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trasgresión voluntaria de los mandamientos religiosos o divinos; infracción moral”.
What does pecado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesin
verb
- 1
past participle of pecar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trasgresión voluntaria de los mandamientos religiosos o divinos; infracción moral. 2. Acción que se aparta de lo considerado correcto, justo o equilibrado, por exceso o por defecto.
verb: 1. Participio de pecar.
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 pecado
- pecados plural
- pecada feminine
- pecadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pecado?
- /peˈkado/
- [peˈka.ð̞o]
- [peˈkað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pecado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pecado in Spanish?
pecado appears 18 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).