candado
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanˈdado/ [kãn̪ˈd̪a.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: can‧da‧do
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish cadnado (with metathesis of /dn/), from Late Latin catēnātum, derived from Latin catēna (“chain”).
Noun
candado m (plural candados)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: candau
- → Cebuano: kandado
- → Bikol Central: kandado
- → Kapampangan: kandaru
- → Sambali: kandado
- → Tagalog: kandado
- → Tausug: kandaru
Etymology 2
Participle
candado (feminine candada, masculine plural candados, feminine plural candadas)
- past participle of candar
Further reading
- “candado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024