contrainsurgencia
Spanish, noun/ˌkontɾainsuɾˈxenθja/
contrainsurgencia is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-I-N-S-U-R-G-E-N-C-I-A (17 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrainsurgencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “counterinsurgency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El arte de controlar, dominar y someter a todo tipo de insurgencia que se enfrente a un régimen”.
What does contrainsurgencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecounterinsurgency
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El arte de controlar, dominar y someter a todo tipo de insurgencia que se enfrente a un régimen.
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 contrainsurgencia
- contrainsurgencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrainsurgencia?
- /ˌkontɾainsuɾˈxenθja/
- [ˌkõn̪.t̪ɾa.ĩn.suɾˈxẽn̟.θja]
- /ˌkontɾainsuɾˈxensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contrainsurgencia in Spanish?
contrainsurgencia 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).