almogávar
Spanish, noun/almoˈɡabaɾ/
almogávar is spelled A-L-M-O-G-Á-V-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 191,875th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Almogávar is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “almogavar (light footsoldier during the Reconquista)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El hombre de campo, que junto con otros formando tropa, entraba a correr tierra de enemigos”.
What does almogávar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinealmogavar
noun
- 1
masculinealmogavar (light footsoldier during the Reconquista)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En la milicia antigua, el soldado de una tropa escogida y muy diestra en la guerra, que se empleaba en hacer entradas y salidas en las tierras de los enemigos. 2. El hombre de campo, que junto con otros formando tropa, entraba a correr tierra de enemigos. 3. Nombre antiguo que se le daba al ejercito de Aragón y Cataluña.
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 almogávar
- almogávares feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce almogávar?
- /almoˈɡabaɾ/
- [al.moˈɣ̞a.β̞aɾ]
- [almoˈɣ̞aβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is almogávar in Spanish?
almogávar appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).