abracadabra
Spanish, interjection/ˌabɾakaˈdabɾa/
abracadabra is spelled A-B-R-A-C-A-D-A-B-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abracadabra is a Spanish masculine interjection meaning “abracadabra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Úsase por los magos o ilusionistas como parte de sus conjuros o trucos”.
What does abracadabra mean in English?
interjection
- 1
masculineabracadabra
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Úsase por los magos o ilusionistas como parte de sus conjuros o trucos. 2. Palabra cabalística a la que se le atribuyen cualidades mágicas; se escribía en once renglones, quitando sucesivamente a cada uno la última letra del anterior, de modo que el conjunto formaba un triángulo.
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.
How do you pronounce abracadabra?
- /ˌabɾakaˈdabɾa/
- [ˌa.β̞ɾa.kaˈð̞a.β̞ɾa]
- /abɾakaˈdabɾa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abracadabra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abracadabra in Spanish?
abracadabra appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).