arribismo
Spanish, noun/ariˈbismo/
arribismo is spelled A-R-R-I-B-I-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 100,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arribismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “careerism (advance of one's social status at the expense of others)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ambición desmedida por tener éxito (especialmente profesional) sin importar los medios para lograrlo”.
What does arribismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecareerism (advance of one's social status at the expense of others)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ambición desmedida por tener éxito (especialmente profesional) sin importar los medios para lograrlo.
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 arribismo
- arribismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arribismo?
- /ariˈbismo/
- [a.riˈβ̞iz.mo]
- [ariˈβ̞ismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arribismo in Spanish?
arribismo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).