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salpicado

speckled

adjective sahl-pee-KAH-doh Rare
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Also means

dotted with

Usage Note

Salpicado is the past participle of salpicar (to splash, to sprinkle) used adjectivally. It can be literal — a wall splattered with paint — or figurative: un discurso salpicado de errores (a speech peppered with mistakes). It commonly takes the preposition de: salpicado de estrellas (dotted with stars).

Examples

"El cielo estaba salpicado de estrellas."

Natural Translation

The sky was dotted with stars.

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