chabola
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃaˈbola/
chabola is spelled C-H-A-B-O-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 92,762nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chabola is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “shanty; an old run-down house or shack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vivienda o cobijo precario, construido generalmente con materiales de desecho”.
What does chabola mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spainfeminineshanty; an old run-down house or shack
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vivienda o cobijo precario, construido generalmente con materiales de desecho
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 chabola
- chabolas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chabola?
- /t͡ʃaˈbola/
- [t͡ʃaˈβ̞o.la]
- [t͡ʃaˈβ̞ola]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chabola
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chabola in Spanish?
chabola 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).