carterista
Spanish, noun/kaɾteˈɾista/
carterista is spelled C-A-R-T-E-R-I-S-T-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 96,067th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carterista is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pickpocket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ladrón especializado en hurtar sin violencia carteras y dinero de los bolsillos o bolsos”.
What does carterista mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ladrón especializado en hurtar sin violencia carteras y dinero de los bolsillos o bolsos.
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 carterista
- carteristas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carterista?
- /kaɾteˈɾista/
- [kaɾ.t̪eˈɾis.t̪a]
- [kaɾt̪eˈɾist̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carterista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carterista in Spanish?
carterista appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).