escabroso
Spanish, adjective/eskaˈbɾoso/
escabroso is spelled E-S-C-A-B-R-O-S-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 73,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escabroso is a Spanish adjective meaning “rugged, jagged, rough, hard, in bad condition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de un terreno: disparejo, accidentado, lleno de estorbos”.
What does escabroso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rugged, jagged, rough, hard, in bad condition
- 2
uneven, slippery, hazardous for walking
- 3
dangerous (nearly inconvenient or immoral)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de un terreno: disparejo, accidentado, lleno de estorbos. 2. Áspero, que se encuentra en malas condiciones. 3. Peligroso, que bordea los límites de la inmoralidad.
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 escabroso
- escabrosa feminine
- escabrosos masculine plural
- escabrosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escabroso?
- /eskaˈbɾoso/
- [es.kaˈβ̞ɾo.so]
- [eskaˈβ̞ɾoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escabroso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escabroso in Spanish?
escabroso appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).