abarrote
Spanish, noun
abarrote is spelled A-B-A-R-R-O-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish, the 215,438th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abarrote is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “packing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of abarrotar. With an accent, abarroté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of abarrotar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de abarrotar o abarrotarse (llenar u ocupar un espacio completamente con personas o cosas)”.
What does abarrote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepacking
- 2
Mexicomasculinegroceries
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of abarrotar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de abarrotar o abarrotarse (llenar u ocupar un espacio completamente con personas o cosas). 2. Fardo pequeño, cuña, barrote o cualquiera otra cosa que sirve para apretar o asegurar la estiba, llenando sus huecos. 3. Tienda dedicada al expendio por menor de provisiones y vituallas, y en general productos no perecederos (tienda de abarrotes).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abarrote
- abarrotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abarrote in Spanish?
abarrote appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).