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poblado

village; settlement

noun poh-BLAH-doh Less Common
Travel & Places Geography

Origin: Past participle of poblar (to populate), used as a noun; from Latin populare.

Usage Note

Poblado refers to a small inhabited place, typically a village or rural settlement (un poblado minero = 'a mining settlement'). It differs from pueblo in that poblado tends to describe a more rudimentary or remote cluster of dwellings. As an adjective it means 'populated' or, for hair, 'bushy' (cejas pobladas = 'bushy eyebrows').

Examples

"Llegamos a un pequeño poblado en las montañas."

Natural Translation

We arrived at a small village in the mountains.

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