barrabasada
[baraβ̞aˈsað̞a]
The verdict
“barrabasada” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción que provoca un gran daño o destrozo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-barrabasada · barrabasada · Spanish
barrabasada · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barrabasada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baraβ̞aˈsað̞a] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
barrabasada is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [baraβ̞aˈsað̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for barrabasada in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is barrabasada, spelled B-A-R-R-A-B-A-S-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Acción que provoca un gran daño o destrozo.
- 2Injusticia o desconsideración que se comete contra alguien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barrabasada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Partidario de los vascongados, creyó que la carta del virrey lo autorizaba para cometer una barrabasada; y una noche hizo apresar secreta y traidoramente a don Alfonso Yáñez y a ocho o diez de los principales vicuñas, mandándoles dar muerte y poner sus cabezas en el rollo.
Otras muchas barrabasadas hacía para matar el fastidio y hacerse aplaudir de sus compañeros, pues le gustaba, como a todos los traviesos, oír los encomios de sus atrevimientos.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.