parapeto
Spanish, noun
parapeto is spelled P-A-R-A-P-E-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parapeto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “parapet, breastwork” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of parapetar. With an accent, parapetó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of parapetar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pared o baranda que se pone para defensa en los puentes, escaleras, etc”.
What does parapeto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparapet, breastwork
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of parapetar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of parapetar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pared o baranda que se pone para defensa en los puentes, escaleras, etc. 2. Terraplén corto, formado sobre el principal, hacia la parte de la campaña, el cual defiende contra los golpes enemigos el pecho de los soldados que están en él.
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 parapeto
- parapetos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to parapeto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parapeto in Spanish?
parapeto appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).