clavado

identical

adjective klah-BAH-doh Rare

Also means

nailed, precise

Usage Note

Clavado literally means nailed (past participle of clavar) but is widely used in colloquial Latin American Spanish to mean 'identical' or 'spitting image' — es clavado a su padre means he's the spitting image of his father. It can also describe something perfectly timed or exact: llegó clavado a las ocho (he arrived bang on eight). This colloquial usage is more common in Mexico and Central America than in Spain.

Examples

"Esta foto es clavada a la otra."

Natural Translation

This photo is identical to the other one.

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