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arrachera

Spanish, noun/araˈt͡ʃeɾa/

arrachera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “the hanger steak, a beef cut from the diaphragm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Corte de carne vacuno que se extrae del músculo del diafragma, tradicional de México”.

What does arrachera mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Mexicofemininethe hanger steak, a beef cut from the diaphragm

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Corte de carne vacuno que se extrae del músculo del diafragma, tradicional de México.

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 arrachera

  • arracheras plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce arrachera?

  • /araˈt͡ʃeɾa/
  • [a.raˈt͡ʃe.ɾa]
  • [araˈt͡ʃeɾa]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is arrachera in Spanish?

arrachera appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).