cascarrabias
Spanish, noun/kaskaˈrabjas/
cascarrabias is spelled C-A-S-C-A-R-R-A-B-I-A-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 72,568th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cascarrabias is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a curmudgeon, crank, grump, grouch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que se enfurece a cada momento y por causas pequeñas”.
What does cascarrabias mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculinea curmudgeon, crank, grump, grouch
adjective
- 1
colloquialcantankerous, crotchety, curmudgeonly, grumpy, grouchy, cranky, crabby
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que se enfurece a cada momento y por causas pequeñas. 2. Persona gruñona o que protesta por cualquier motivo.
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.
How do you pronounce cascarrabias?
- /kaskaˈrabjas/
- [kas.kaˈra.β̞jas]
- [kaskaˈraβ̞jas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cascarrabias
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cascarrabias in Spanish?
cascarrabias appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).