barrabrava
Spanish, noun[baraˈβ̞ɾaβ̞a]
barrabrava is spelled B-A-R-R-A-B-R-A-V-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 123,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barrabrava is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “alternative form of barra brava” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grupo organizado de fanáticos dentro de una hinchada de fútbol, encargado de alentar o amedrentar durante los…”.
What does barrabrava mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of barra brava
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grupo organizado de fanáticos dentro de una hinchada de fútbol, encargado de alentar o amedrentar durante los partidos a los jugadores mediante el despliegue de banderas, la entonación de cánticos y, ocasionalmente, el ataque a los simpatizantes de los clubes rivales, además de defenderse y defender al resto de la propia afición de posibles ataques de hinchadas rivales o de la represión policial.
noun: 1. Miembro de una barrabrava.
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 barrabrava
- barrabravas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barrabrava?
- [baraˈβ̞ɾaβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barrabrava in Spanish?
barrabrava 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).