cristero
Spanish, noun/kɾisˈteɾo/
cristero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Cristero (member of the anti-secularist side during the Cristero War)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cristero mean in English?
adjective
- 1
relating or belonging to the anti-secularist side during the Cristero War
noun
- 1
masculineCristero (member of the anti-secularist side during the Cristero War)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne al bando cristero, facción que se oponía a las restricciones estatales hacia el culto católico durante la Guerra Cristera, entre los años 1926 y 1929 en México.
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 cristero
- cristera feminine
- cristeros masculine plural
- cristeras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cristero?
- /kɾisˈteɾo/
- [kɾisˈt̪e.ɾo]
- [kɾisˈt̪eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cristero in Spanish?
cristero appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).