vado
Spanish, noun/ˈbado/
vado is spelled V-A-D-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,167th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ford” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sitio firme, parejo y de poca profundidad, por donde se puede cruzar un río”.
What does vado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineford
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sitio firme, parejo y de poca profundidad, por donde se puede cruzar un río. 2. Expediente, curso, remedio o alivio en las cosas que ocurren. 3. Tregua, espacio.
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 vado
- vados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vado?
- /ˈbado/
- [ˈba.ð̞o]
- [ˈbað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vado in Spanish?
vado appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).