gulag
Spanish, noun/ɡuˈlaɡ/
gulag is spelled G-U-L-A-G (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,106th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gulag is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gulag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Campos de confinamiento y trabajo forzado que albergaban a presos comunes y políticos en la Unión Soviética”.
What does gulag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegulag
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Campos de confinamiento y trabajo forzado que albergaban a presos comunes y políticos en la Unión Soviética 2. Sistema de trabajos forzados basado en la retención en estos campos.
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 gulag
- gulags plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gulag?
- /ɡuˈlaɡ/
- [ɡuˈlaɣ̞]
- [guˈlaɣ̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gulag
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gulag in Spanish?
gulag appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).