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destacamento

Spanish, noun/destakaˈmento/

destacamento is spelled D-E-S-T-A-C-A-M-E-N-T-O (12 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,645th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destacamento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “detachment, detail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Unidad militar apartada para una tarea o misión especial”.

What does destacamento mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedetachment, detail

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Unidad militar apartada para una tarea o misión especial.

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 destacamento

  • destacamentos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce destacamento?

  • /destakaˈmento/
  • [d̪es.t̪a.kaˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
  • [d̪est̪akaˈmẽn̪t̪o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to destacamento

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is destacamento in Spanish?

destacamento appears 2.5 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).

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