árbitro
Spanish, noun
árbitro is spelled Á-R-B-I-T-R-O (7 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,364th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Árbitro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “official (e.g. referee or umpire)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, arbitro is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of arbitrar”. With an accent, arbitró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of arbitrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona encargada de velar por la aplicación de un reglamento en un encuentro deportivo”.
What does árbitro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineofficial (e.g. referee or umpire)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of arbitrar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of arbitrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona encargada de velar por la aplicación de un reglamento en un encuentro deportivo 2. Persona o entidad encargada de mediar en una disputa. 3. En general, persona cuyo criterio se considera válido y decisivo en alguna cuestión.
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 árbitro
- árbitros plural
- árbitra feminine
- árbitras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to árbitro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is árbitro in Spanish?
árbitro appears 8.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).