patotero
Spanish, noun/patoˈteɾo/
patotero is spelled P-A-T-O-T-E-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 129,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patotero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “thug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does patotero mean in English?
adjective
- 1
thuggish
noun
- 1
masculinethug
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que integra una patota. 2. De comportamiento antisocial, delictivo o violento, como el de las patotas.
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 patotero
- patotera feminine
- patoteros masculine plural
- patoteras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patotero?
- /patoˈteɾo/
- [pa.t̪oˈt̪e.ɾo]
- [pat̪oˈt̪eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patotero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patotero in Spanish?
patotero appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).