morabito
Spanish, noun/moɾaˈbito/
morabito is spelled M-O-R-A-B-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 103,935th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Morabito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “marabout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mahometano que profesa cierto estado religioso a su manera, muy parecido en su forma exterior al de nuestros…”.
What does morabito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemarabout
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mahometano que profesa cierto estado religioso a su manera, muy parecido en su forma exterior al de nuestros anacoretas o ermitaños. 2. Especie de ermita, situada en despoblado, en que vive un morabito.
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 morabito
- morabitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce morabito?
- /moɾaˈbito/
- [mo.ɾaˈβ̞i.t̪o]
- [moɾaˈβ̞it̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is morabito in Spanish?
morabito appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).