aterciopelado

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Spanish a-

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Indo-European *tri-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *tritós

Proto-Italic *tritios

Latin tertiusbor.

Spanish tercioder.

Proto-Indo-European *pil-

Latin pilus

Spanish peloder.

Spanish terciopelo

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Old Spanish -ado

Spanish -ado

Spanish aterciopelado

From a- +‎ terciopelo (“velvet”) +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ateɾθjopeˈlado/ [a.t̪eɾ.θjo.peˈla.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ateɾsjopeˈlado/ [a.t̪eɾ.sjo.peˈla.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧ter‧cio‧pe‧la‧do

Adjective

aterciopelado (feminine aterciopelada, masculine plural aterciopelados, feminine plural aterciopeladas)

1. velvety (made of velvet)

Further reading

• “aterciopelado”, 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