plateado
adjectiveBeginner
What does “plateado” mean in English?
silver
Example sentences
El coche es plateado.
The car is silver(y).
La pulsera plateada brilla.
The silvery bracelet shines.
Tienen platos plateados.
They have silver-coloured plates.
How to use it
Plateado means 'silver' or 'silvery' (the colour). Ends in -o, agrees: plateado, plateada, plateados, plateadas. Distinct from plata (the metal).
Common mistake
Use plateado for the COLOUR (silvery); use plata for the METAL (silver). 'Anillo de plata' = made of silver; 'anillo plateado' = silver-coloured.
Topics
Related Beginner words
Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 4.