españolada
Spanish, noun/espaɲoˈlada/
españolada is spelled E-S-P-A-Ñ-O-L-A-D-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish, the 265,703rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Españolada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “an excessively Spanish work of art” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obra artística o espectáculo que exagera rasgos percibidos como españoles”.
What does españolada mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininean excessively Spanish work of art
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Obra artística o espectáculo que exagera rasgos percibidos como españoles.
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 españolada
- españoladas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce españolada?
- /espaɲoˈlada/
- [es.pa.ɲoˈla.ð̞a]
- [espaɲoˈlað̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is españolada in Spanish?
españolada appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).