alcantarillado

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /alkantaɾiˈʝado/ [al.kãn̪.t̪a.ɾiˈʝa.ð̞o]

• IPA^(key): /alkantaɾiˈʝado/ [al.kãn̪.t̪a.ɾiˈʝa.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /alkantaɾiˈʎado/ [al.kãn̪.t̪a.ɾiˈʎa.ð̞o] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /alkantaɾiˈʃado/ [al.kãn̪.t̪a.ɾiˈʃa.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /alkantaɾiˈʒado/ [al.kãn̪.t̪a.ɾiˈʒa.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: al‧can‧ta‧ri‧lla‧do

Etymology 1

From alcantarilla +‎ -ado.

Noun

alcantarillado m (plural alcantarillados)

1. sewer system, sewerage
2. sewer

   Synonyms: alcantarilla, saneamiento

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

alcantarillado (feminine alcantarillada, masculine plural alcantarillados, feminine plural alcantarilladas)

1. past participle of alcantarillar

Further reading

• “alcantarillado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025