barranquismo
Spanish, noun/baranˈkismo/
barranquismo is spelled B-A-R-R-A-N-Q-U-I-S-M-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barranquismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “canyoning (sport)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deporte extremo que consiste en la incursión en montañas y el descenso por barrancos, cañones o cauces de…”.
What does barranquismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecanyoning (sport)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Deporte extremo que consiste en la incursión en montañas y el descenso por barrancos, cañones o cauces de ríos.
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 barranquismo
- barranquismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barranquismo?
- /baranˈkismo/
- [ba.rãŋˈkiz.mo]
- [barãŋˈkismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barranquismo in Spanish?
barranquismo appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).