abencerraje
Spanish, noun/abenθeˈraxe/
abencerraje is spelled A-B-E-N-C-E-R-R-A-J-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish, the 249,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abencerraje is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a member of a powerful faction, native to the Emirate of Granada, and rivals of the zegríes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona torpe, bruta, obstinada y violenta en sus pasiones”.
What does abencerraje mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea member of a powerful faction, native to the Emirate of Granada, and rivals of the zegríes.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona torpe, bruta, obstinada y violenta en sus pasiones.
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 abencerraje
- abencerrajes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abencerraje?
- /abenθeˈraxe/
- [a.β̞ẽn̟.θeˈra.xe]
- /abenseˈraxe/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abencerraje in Spanish?
abencerraje appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).