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filibustero

Spanish, noun/filibusˈteɾo/

filibustero is spelled F-I-L-I-B-U-S-T-E-R-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 100,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filibustero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pirate, plunderer, freebooter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pirata de los que, en el siglo XVII, atacaban las posesiones y flotas españolas en el mar Caribe en busca de…”.

What does filibustero mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepirate, plunderer, freebooter

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pirata de los que, en el siglo XVII, atacaban las posesiones y flotas españolas en el mar Caribe en busca de fortuna personal. 2. Aventurero de los que, en el siglo XIX, intentaron jugar un papel político en México y América Central, generalmente en contra de los gobiernos establecidos y utilizando métodos próximos a la piratería.

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 filibustero

  • filibusteros plural
  • filibustera feminine
  • filibusteras feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce filibustero?

  • /filibusˈteɾo/
  • [fi.li.β̞usˈt̪e.ɾo]
  • [filiβ̞usˈt̪eɾo]

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

English words that translate to filibustero

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

How common is filibustero in Spanish?

filibustero appears about once in every 7 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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