francotirador
Spanish, noun/fɾankotiɾaˈdoɾ/
francotirador is spelled F-R-A-N-C-O-T-I-R-A-D-O-R (13 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,906th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Francotirador is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sniper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Combatiente que no forma parte del ejército regular”.
What does francotirador mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesniper
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Combatiente que no forma parte del ejército regular. 2. Soldado de infantería experto en tareas de camuflaje y tirador de élite, que dispara con un fusil usualmente de alta precisión a grandes distancias y desde un lugar oculto, a objetivos seleccionados. 3. Persona que actúa de forma aislada y discreta sin inmiscuirse con el resto del grupo.
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 francotirador
- francotiradores plural
- francotiradora feminine
- francotiradoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce francotirador?
- /fɾankotiɾaˈdoɾ/
- [fɾãŋ.ko.t̪i.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
- [fɾãŋkot̪iɾaˈð̞oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to francotirador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is francotirador in Spanish?
francotirador appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).