atraco
Spanish, noun
atraco is spelled A-T-R-A-C-O (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,282nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atraco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mugging, robbery, holdup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of atracar. With an accent, atracó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of atracar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de atracar”.
What does atraco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemugging, robbery, holdup
- 2
masculineassault
- 3
colloquialmasculinepetting (erotic touching and kissing)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of atracar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of atracar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de atracar. 2. Situación abusiva en donde una de las partes está en clara desventaja.
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 atraco
- atracos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to atraco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atraco in Spanish?
atraco appears 2.0 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).