contrajuego
Spanish, noun[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈxweɣ̞o]
contrajuego is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-J-U-E-G-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish, the 317,902nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrajuego is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “counterplay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Posibilidad de ejecutar un contraataque en otra parte del tablero”.
What does contrajuego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecounterplay
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Posibilidad de ejecutar un contraataque en otra parte del tablero.
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 contrajuego
- contrajuegos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrajuego?
- [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈxweɣ̞o]
- [kõn̪t̪ɾaxuˈeɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contrajuego in Spanish?
contrajuego appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).