cimarrón
Spanish, adjective/θimaˈron/
cimarrón is spelled C-I-M-A-R-R-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 67,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cimarrón is a Spanish adjective meaning “feral (having returned to the wild)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de una persona o animal, huido de las colonias establecidas por los conquistadores en América para…”.
What does cimarrón mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Latin-Americaferal (having returned to the wild)
- 2
Latin-Americarural; campestral
- 3
Latin-Americaof a wild cultivar
- 4
Latin-Americaunsweetened
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona o animal, huido de las colonias establecidas por los conquistadores en América para echarse al monte 2. Del ganado, que se ha criado en ese régimen, y es bravío o indomesticable 3. De una especie vegetal, que es silvestre, existiendo también un cultivar 4. Del mate, bebido sin otro sabor que el de la yerba mate, de pronunciado sabor amargo
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 cimarrón
- cimarrona feminine
- cimarrones masculine plural
- cimarronas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cimarrón?
- /θimaˈron/
- [θi.maˈrõn]
- /simaˈron/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cimarrón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cimarrón in Spanish?
cimarrón appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).