habado

Spanish

Etymology

From haba +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbado/ [aˈβ̞a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: ha‧ba‧do

Adjective

habado (feminine habada, masculine plural habados, feminine plural habadas)

1. (veterinary) suffering equine palatitis
2. spotted, dapple (having spots on the skin)
3. multicolored (of chicken)

Usage seems concentrated in Latin America, e.g. the carpintero habado is native to Latin America.

Further reading

• “habado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10