inmaculado

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *smeH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlóm

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥Htlóm

Proto-Italic *smaklomder.

Latin macula

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin maculō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin maculātus

Latin immaculātus

Spanish inmaculado

From Latin immaculātus, from in- (“not”) + maculātus (“stained, spotted; defiled, polluted; dishonoured”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /immakuˈlado/ [ĩm.ma.kuˈla.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: in‧ma‧cu‧la‧do

Adjective

inmaculado (feminine inmaculada, masculine plural inmaculados, feminine plural inmaculadas)

1. immaculate
   • 2015 July 18, “Benítez descubre que Bale no es mediapunta”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Su homólogo, Morgan de Sanctis, se marcó al vestuario con el uniforme inmaculado en el entretiempo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. spotless

   Synonym: impecable

Derived terms

• Inmaculada Concepción

Further reading

• “inmaculado”, 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