contracultura
Spanish, noun/kontɾakulˈtuɾa/
contracultura is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-U-L-T-U-R-A (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,859th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contracultura is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “counterculture (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the mainstream culture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Movimiento o tendencia que se opone a los valores y modos de vida dominantes o convencionales”.
What does contracultura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecounterculture (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the mainstream culture)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Movimiento o tendencia que se opone a los valores y modos de vida dominantes o convencionales. 2. Conjunto de valores, tendencias y prácticas culturales que chocan con los establecidos dentro de una sociedad.
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 contracultura
- contraculturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contracultura?
- /kontɾakulˈtuɾa/
- [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.kul̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
- [kõn̪t̪ɾakul̪ˈt̪uɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contracultura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contracultura in Spanish?
contracultura appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).