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plateado

Spanish, noun/plateˈado/

plateado is spelled P-L-A-T-E-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,645th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plateado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “silver (color/colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of platear. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Color de la plata y otros metales, un gris claro, brillante y metálico”.

What does plateado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    silver-plated

  2. 2

    silver, silvery (colour)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesilver (color/colour)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of platear

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que semeja a la plata en su color o apariencia. 2. Cubierto de un baño de plata.

noun: 1. Color de la plata y otros metales, un gris claro, brillante y metálico.

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 plateado

  • plateada feminine
  • plateados masculine plural
  • plateadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce plateado?

  • /plateˈado/
  • [pla.t̪eˈa.ð̞o]
  • [plat̪eˈað̞o]

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

English words that translate to plateado

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

How common is plateado in Spanish?

plateado appears 2.5 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).

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