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espadachín

Spanish, noun/espadaˈt͡ʃin/

espadachín is spelled E-S-P-A-D-A-C-H-Í-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,127th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espadachín is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “swordsman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El que sabe manejar bien la espada”.

What does espadachín mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineswordsman

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. El que sabe manejar bien la espada. 2. El que se precia de valiente y es amigo de pendencias. 3. Rufián.

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 espadachín

  • espadachines plural
  • espadachina feminine
  • espadachinas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce espadachín?

  • /espadaˈt͡ʃin/
  • [es.pa.ð̞aˈt͡ʃĩn]
  • [espað̞aˈt͡ʃĩn]

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

English words that translate to espadachín

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

How common is espadachín in Spanish?

espadachín 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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