contrapiso
Spanish, noun/kontɾaˈpiso/
contrapiso is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-I-S-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 210,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrapiso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “screed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En el suelo de un edificio, es la capa más inferior que media entre el terreno natural y el piso, la cual…”.
What does contrapiso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescreed
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En el suelo de un edificio, es la capa más inferior que media entre el terreno natural y el piso, la cual nivela el piso, provee aislamiento y amortigua las cargas evitando que se produzcan grietas.
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 contrapiso
- contrapisos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrapiso?
- /kontɾaˈpiso/
- [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈpi.so]
- [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈpiso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contrapiso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrapiso in Spanish?
contrapiso appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).