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intercalado

interspersed

adjective een-tehr-kah-LAH-doh Rare
Communication Writing

Also means

inserted

Usage Note

Intercalado is the past participle of intercalar ('to insert between') used as an adjective, describing something placed or woven between other elements. It is common in editorial and academic prose: capítulos intercalados ('interspersed chapters'), comentarios intercalados en el texto ('comments inserted into the text'). It agrees in gender and number like a regular adjective.

Examples

"El libro tiene poemas intercalados entre los capítulos."

Natural Translation

The book has poems interspersed between the chapters.

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