chotacabras
Spanish, noun/ˌt͡ʃotaˈkabɾas/
chotacabras is spelled C-H-O-T-A-C-A-B-R-A-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 182,048th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chotacabras is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “nightjar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Caprimulginae, Eurostopodinae) Ave nocturna de mediano tamaño con las alas largas y puntiagudas, patas…”.
What does chotacabras mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinenightjar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Caprimulginae, Eurostopodinae) Ave nocturna de mediano tamaño con las alas largas y puntiagudas, patas cortas y pico muy corto aunque muy amplio, que anida en el suelo. Su suave plumaje está coloreado para camuflarse entre la hojarasca del suelo.
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 chotacabras?
- /ˌt͡ʃotaˈkabɾas/
- [ˌt͡ʃo.t̪aˈka.β̞ɾas]
- [t͡ʃot̪aˈkaβ̞ɾas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chotacabras
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chotacabras in Spanish?
chotacabras appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).