arabismo
Spanish, noun[aɾaˈβ̞ismo]
arabismo is spelled A-R-A-B-I-S-M-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 132,280th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arabismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Arabism (a loanword from Arabic)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Giro o modo de hablar propio y privativo de la lengua árabe”.
What does arabismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineArabism (a loanword from Arabic)
- 2
masculinethe study of Arab culture and language
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Giro o modo de hablar propio y privativo de la lengua árabe. 2. Vocablo o giro de esta lengua empleado en otra. 3. Empleo de vocablos o giros árabes en distinto idioma.
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 arabismo
- arabismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arabismo?
- [aɾaˈβ̞ismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arabismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arabismo in Spanish?
arabismo appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).