recado
Spanish, noun
recado is spelled R-E-C-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,789th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “message” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of recadar. With an accent, recadó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of recadar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de recadar”.
What does recado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemessage
- 2
masculineerrand
un chico de recados
- 3
masculinea tomato-based sauce
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of recadar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of recadar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de recadar. 2. Mensaje o respuesta que de palabra se da o se envía a otro. 3. Memoria o recuerdo de la estimación o cariño que se tiene a una persona. 4. Provisión que para el surtido de las casas se lleva diariamente del mercado o de las tiendas.
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 recado
- recados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to recado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recado in Spanish?
recado appears 1.2 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).