contrincante
Spanish, noun/kontɾinˈkante/
contrincante is spelled C-O-N-T-R-I-N-C-A-N-T-E (12 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,728th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrincante is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “opponent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada una de las personas que forman parte de una misma trinca en las oposiciones”.
What does contrincante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineopponent
- 2
femininemasculinecompetitor
- 3
femininemasculineadversary
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cada una de las personas que forman parte de una misma trinca en las oposiciones. 2. Dícese de quien pretende una cosa en competencia con otra u otras personas.
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 contrincante
- contrincantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrincante?
- /kontɾinˈkante/
- [kõn̪.t̪ɾĩŋˈkãn̪.t̪e]
- [kõn̪t̪ɾĩŋˈkãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contrincante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrincante in Spanish?
contrincante appears 1.5 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).