poblado
Spanish
Etymology
Past participle of poblar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈblado/ [poˈβ̞la.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: po‧bla‧do
Adjective
poblado (feminine poblada, masculine plural poblados, feminine plural pobladas)
- populous, populated
- Antonym: despoblado
- Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl es uno de los municipios mexicanos más poblados.
- Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl is one of the most populous Mexican municipalities.
- (databases) populated, having data, being not empty
Noun
poblado m (plural poblados)
- settlement (village)
- Synonym: asentamiento
Participle
poblado (feminine poblada, masculine plural poblados, feminine plural pobladas)
- past participle of poblar
Usage notes
- When indicating people, it is used for a territory being masculine in Spanish, such as país, estado, municipio, territorio, etc.; feminine forms are used for id. nouns, such as ciudad, nación, etc.
Further reading
- “poblado”, 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