contrafactual
Spanish, adjective/kontɾafaɡˈtwal/
contrafactual is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-F-A-C-T-U-A-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrafactual is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “counterfactual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hipotético; que podría haber ocurrido”.
What does contrafactual mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Hipotético; que podría haber ocurrido.
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 contrafactual
- contrafactuales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrafactual?
- /kontɾafaɡˈtwal/
- [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.faɣ̞ˈt̪wal]
- [kõn̪t̪ɾafakˈt̪wal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contrafactual
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrafactual in Spanish?
contrafactual appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).