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chabacanería

Spanish, noun/t͡ʃabakaneˈɾia/

chabacanería is spelled C-H-A-B-A-C-A-N-E-R-Í-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 165,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chabacanería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “vulgarness, coarseness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “La falta de aseo, arte o pulimento que tiene alguna cosa”.

What does chabacanería mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininevulgarness, coarseness

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. La falta de aseo, arte o pulimento que tiene alguna cosa. 2. Dicho grosero, bajo o insustancial

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 chabacanería

  • chabacanerías plural

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

How do you pronounce chabacanería?

  • /t͡ʃabakaneˈɾia/
  • [t͡ʃa.β̞a.ka.neˈɾi.a]
  • [t͡ʃaβ̞akaneˈɾia]

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

How common is chabacanería in Spanish?

chabacanería appears about once in every 20 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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