macarra
Spanish, noun/maˈkara/
macarra is spelled M-A-C-A-R-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,042nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macarra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “thug, lout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona (normalmente del sexo masculino) que lucra con el ejercicio sexual de terceros”.
What does macarra mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculinethuggish; loutish
una acción muy macarra
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculinethug, lout
- 2
colloquialfemininemasculinepimp
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona (normalmente del sexo masculino) que lucra con el ejercicio sexual de terceros.
adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona, de carácter agresivo, basto y belicoso. 2. Dicho de una persona, de gusto vulgar o inferior, y hábitos incultos. 3. Dicho de una cosa, propia de alguien macarra₃
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 macarra
- macarras feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macarra?
- /maˈkara/
- [maˈka.ra]
- [maˈkara]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macarra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macarra in Spanish?
macarra appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).