malabares
Spanish, noun/malaˈbaɾes/
malabares is spelled M-A-L-A-B-A-R-E-S (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,004th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malabares is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ellipsis of juegos malabares (“juggling”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of malabar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acto de mover con destreza objetos por el aire, pasándolos entre las manos”.
What does malabares mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineellipsis of juegos malabares (“juggling”)
adjective
- 1
plural of malabar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acto de mover con destreza objetos por el aire, pasándolos entre las manos.
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.
How do you pronounce malabares?
- /malaˈbaɾes/
- [ma.laˈβ̞a.ɾes]
- [malaˈβ̞aɾes]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malabares
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malabares in Spanish?
malabares appears 1.1 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).