"Significante" is the material (normally written or phonetic) part of the sign. If you write "casa", "significant" are the "c", "a", "s", and "a". If you say "casa", significant are the phonems "k", "a", "s" and "a". "Significado" is what the word means, the meaning. If you write or say "casa", "significado" is the place where one lives. A sign is the addition of a "significante" and a "significado".

Hello Lily, Significado: - as a verb it is the past participle of SIGNIFICAR (to mean, to express). -as an adjective it means: well known. - as a noun in (significado de palabra) it means 'meaning'. 'una palabra de significado dudoso' a word of uncertain meaning - another meaning as a noun is 'significance' ( importancia) Significante - means significant or expressive.

significado, da. (Del part. de significar). 1. adj. Conocido, importante, reputado. 2. m. Significación o sentido de una palabra o de una frase. 3. m. Cosa que se significa de algún modo. 4. m. Ling. Contenido semántico de cualquier tipo de signo, condicionado por el sistema y por el contexto significante. (Del ant. part. act. de significar; lat. signifĭcans, -antis). 1. adj. Que significa. 2. m. Ling. Fonema o secuencia de fonemas que, asociados con un significado, constituyen un signo lingüístico.