contrapunteo
Spanish, noun
contrapunteo is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-U-N-T-E-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 122,511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrapunteo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “debate; quarrel; argument” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of contrapuntear. With an accent, contrapunteó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of contrapuntear”.
What does contrapunteo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedebate; quarrel; argument
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of contrapuntear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of contrapuntear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of contrapunteo
- contrapunteos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is contrapunteo in Spanish?
contrapunteo appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).