astillado
/astiʝado/from spelling rules
The English word 'chipped' is translated into Spanish as astillado.
The term astillado is used to describe hard materials such as wood, ceramics or glass where small pieces have broken off the edge.
Meaning: having chips missing (adj)
Which one should you use?
While astillado is used for physical chips in hard materials, the word descascarado is more common when referring to paint or coatings that are chipping or flaking off.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Argentina, astillado is used for both formal and informal situations to describe something chipped.
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective astillado must agree in gender and number with the noun it describes, appearing as astillado, astillada, astillados or astilladas.
How do you pronounce it?
/astiʝado/
Did you know?
- Spanish has a distinct word, descascarado, for 'chipped' paint, which comes from cáscara meaning 'shell' or 'peel'.
- While astillado describes the state of being chipped, the action of accidentally chipping something is often described using the verb desportillar in Mexico.
- The word astillado comes from the noun astilla, which means a 'splinter'. In Spanish, when something is chipped, it is conceptually viewed as having small splinters or shards broken away from the surface.
Examples in context
- El borde de la taza está desportilladoThe edge of the cup is chipped
- El esmalte de la puerta se encuentra saltadoThe door's enamel is chipped
- La placa de vidrio está astilladaThe glass plate is chipped
- La cazuela tiene el esmalte picadoThe casserole dish is chipped
- La pared tiene el yeso descascaradoThe wall has chipped plaster
- El borde del plato está astillado.The edge of the plate is chipped.
- Tengo un vaso astillado en la cocina.I have a chipped glass in the kitchen.
- Ese cristal parece un poco astillado.That glass looks a bit chipped.
Example conversation
Daniel and Elena are looking at a dish in their kitchen.
- Daniel¿Ves este plato? Está astillado.Do you see this plate? It is chipped.
- ElenaEs verdad, Daniel, ten cuidado.It's true, Daniel, be careful.
- DanielNo quiero que nadie se corte.I don't want anyone to get cut.
- ElenaLo tiraré a la basura ahora mismo.I will throw it in the trash right now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
