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cabrón

Spanish, noun/kaˈbɾon/

cabrón is spelled C-A-B-R-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,469th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabrón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “billy goat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Macho de la cabra”.

What does cabrón mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebilly goat

noun

  1. 1

    derogatorymasculinecoward

  2. 2

    MexicoSpainderogatorymasculinevulgarbastard, motherfucker (compare English jackass)

  3. 3

    derogatorymasculinevulgarcuckold

  4. 4

    Latin-Americaderogatorymasculinepimp (prostitution solicitor)

  5. 5

    Mexicoinformalmasculinemate, dude (term of endearment between friends)

    ¿Qué onda, cabrón?

adjective

  1. 1

    slangsuper cool

  2. 2

    Mexicoskilled

  3. 3

    Mexicocomplicated, difficult

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona, un animal o una cosa: que causa fastidio o situaciones desagradables. 2. Dicho de un hombre: Que es objeto de infidelidad por parte de su pareja. 3. Que actúa hábil y sagazmente. 4. Dicho de una persona: De mal carácter.

noun: 1. Macho de la cabra. 2. Hombre que no reacciona con el debido arrojo frente a un agravio. 3. Persona que lucra con la prostitución sexual de terceros.

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 cabrón

  • cabrones plural
  • cabrona feminine
  • cabronas feminine plural
  • cabroncísimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cabrón?

  • /kaˈbɾon/
  • [kaˈβ̞ɾõn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cabrón

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cabrón in Spanish?

cabrón appears 14 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).

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