alumbrado

English

Alternative forms

• alombrado

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alumbrado (“illuminated”)

Noun

alumbrado (plural alumbrados)

1. (historical) A practitioner of a mystical form of Christianity in Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries.

Spanish

Etymology

From alumbrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alumˈbɾado/ [a.lũmˈbɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧lum‧bra‧do

Noun

alumbrado m (plural alumbrados)

1. lighting (the equipment used to provide illumination)

   Synonym: iluminación

Derived terms

• gas de alumbrado

 

Adjective

alumbrado (feminine alumbrada, masculine plural alumbrados, feminine plural alumbradas)

1. drunk; tipsy

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borracho

Participle

alumbrado (feminine alumbrada, masculine plural alumbrados, feminine plural alumbradas)

1. past participle of alumbrar

Further reading

• “alumbrado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014