preparado

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish preparado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾepaˈɾado/ [pɾ̪e.pɐˈɾ̪a.d̪o]
• Hyphenation: pre‧pa‧ra‧do

Adjective

preparádo (Badlit spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜉᜇᜇᜓ)

1. prepared, ready

   Synonym: andam

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish preparado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾepaˈɾado/ [pɾe.paˈɾa.d̪o]
• Hyphenation: pre‧pa‧ra‧do

Adjective

preparádo (Basahan spelling ᜉ᜔ᜍᜒᜉᜍᜇᜓ)

1. prepared, ready

   Synonyms: handa, andam, puwesto

See also

• preparar
• preparasiyon

Galician

Participle

preparado (feminine preparada, masculine plural preparados, feminine plural preparadas)

1. past participle of preparar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praeparātus (“prepared, having been prepared”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.paˈɾa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.paˈɾa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.paˈɾa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.pɐˈɾa.du/ [pɾɨ.pɐˈɾa.ðu]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: pre‧pa‧ra‧do

Adjective

preparado (feminine preparada, masculine plural preparados, feminine plural preparadas)

1. prepared, ready
2. qualified, well-qualified

Noun

preparado m (plural preparados)

1. preparation

Participle

preparado (feminine preparada, masculine plural preparados, feminine plural preparadas)

1. past participle of preparar

Further reading

• “preparado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “preparado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of preparar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾepaˈɾado/ [pɾe.paˈɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: pre‧pa‧ra‧do

Adjective

preparado (feminine preparada, masculine plural preparados, feminine plural preparadas)

1. prepared
2. qualified, well-qualified

   Synonym: calificado

Noun

preparado m (plural preparados)

1. preparation

   Synonym: preparación

Participle

preparado (feminine preparada, masculine plural preparados, feminine plural preparadas)

1. past participle of preparar

Further reading

• “preparado”, 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