Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

helado

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: hela-do
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Spanish or Latin American ice cream.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Soul food, African crafts, and helado sellers line the service streets on either side of the parkway, and traffic halts on all side streets to let the masses promenade."
""At my school the Chinese kids go for bubble tea after school, the Puerto Ricans get batidos and the other Latin girls like the helados from the street cart," said Shirley Wong, an eighth grader at a parochial school in Chinatown."
"A medium cup of helado at Pampas Helado Argentina in Aliso Viejo includes two flavors, which can be the chocolate alfajor and banana split."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō Latin gelātus Spanish heladobor. English helado Borrowed from Spanish helado.

Usage

Inflected Forms

helados (plural)

Questions

What does helado mean?: Spanish or Latin American ice cream.
Where does helado come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō Latin gelātus Spanish heladobor. English helado Borrowed from Spanish helado.

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