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diatriba

Spanish, noun/djaˈtɾiba/

diatriba is spelled D-I-A-T-R-I-B-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 53,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diatriba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “diatribe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Discurso o escrito violento e injurioso contra alguien o algo”.

What does diatriba mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininediatribe

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Discurso o escrito violento e injurioso contra alguien o algo.

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 diatriba

  • diatribas plural

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

How do you pronounce diatriba?

  • /djaˈtɾiba/
  • [d̪jaˈt̪ɾi.β̞a]
  • [d̪jaˈt̪ɾiβ̞a]

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

English words that translate to diatriba

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

How common is diatriba in Spanish?

diatriba appears about once in every 2 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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