alacrán
Spanish, noun/alaˈkɾan/
alacrán is spelled A-L-A-C-R-Á-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alacrán is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “scorpion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Orden Scorpiones) Escorpión, generalmente aquel cuya picadura no es letal o tiene bajo riesgo de mortalidad”.
What does alacrán mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescorpion
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Orden Scorpiones) Escorpión, generalmente aquel cuya picadura no es letal o tiene bajo riesgo de mortalidad. 2. Persona malintencionada, sobre todo en la palabra 3. Gancho que sujeta la brida a la muserola en el apero del caballo 4. Daño infligido por corte, desgarramiento o perforación en un ser vivo
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 alacrán
- alacranes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alacrán?
- /alaˈkɾan/
- [a.laˈkɾãn]
- [alaˈkɾãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alacrán
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alacrán in Spanish?
alacrán appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).