Hello! Our new word of the day is “plateádo”, which means the color silver or the precious metal. The word is an adjective and is spelled p – l – a – t – e – a – d – o. The accent is on the second ‘a’ in the third syllable. As always with a ‘d’ before a vowel, the ‘d’ is pronounced like a very soft ‘th’ sound.

If an object is silver-plated it is said thusly, “con baño dé pláta”.

So, to recap, the word for today was “plateádo”, which means the color silver or the precious metal.

Well, tune in tomorrow when our new Spanish word of the day will be “blánco”.