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purpurado

Spanish, noun/puɾpuˈɾado/

purpurado is spelled P-U-R-P-U-R-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purpurado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cardinal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of purpurar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cardenal de la Iglesia Romana”.

What does purpurado mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecardinal

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of purpurar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Dicho de un color: que tira a púrpura.

noun: 1. Cardenal de la Iglesia Romana.

verb: 1. Participio de purpurar.

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 purpurado

  • purpurados plural
  • purpurada feminine
  • purpuradas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce purpurado?

  • /puɾpuˈɾado/
  • [puɾ.puˈɾa.ð̞o]
  • [puɾpuˈɾað̞o]

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

How common is purpurado in Spanish?

purpurado appears about once in every 18 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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