contratación
Spanish, noun/kontɾataˈθjon/
contratación is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T-A-C-I-Ó-N (12 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,995th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contratación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “contracting, hiring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de contratar”.
What does contratación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontracting, hiring
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de contratar. 2. Comercio y trato de géneros vendibles. 3. Trato familiar. 4. Escritura que firman los contratantes.
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 contratación
- contrataciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contratación?
- /kontɾataˈθjon/
- [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.t̪aˈθjõn]
- /kontɾataˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contratación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contratación in Spanish?
contratación appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).