variedad

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wh₂-s-?

Proto-Indo-European *-yos

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

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Proto-Italic *-jōsinflu.

Proto-Italic *-jos

Proto-Italic *wasios?

Latin varius

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin varietātembor.

Spanish variedad

Borrowed from Latin varietātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾjeˈdad/ [ba.ɾjeˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: va‧rie‧dad

Noun

variedad f (plural variedades)

1. variety
2. breed
3. (mathematics) manifold

Derived terms

• en la variedad está el gusto

Further reading

• “variedad”, 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