petrodólar
Spanish, noun/petɾoˈdolaɾ/
petrodólar is spelled P-E-T-R-O-D-Ó-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Spanish, the 271,310th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petrodólar is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “petrodollar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dólar estadounidense obtenido a través de la venta de petróleo”.
What does petrodólar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepetrodollar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dólar estadounidense obtenido a través de la venta de petróleo.
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 petrodólar
- petrodólares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce petrodólar?
- /petɾoˈdolaɾ/
- [pe.t̪ɾoˈð̞o.laɾ]
- [pet̪ɾoˈð̞olaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to petrodólar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is petrodólar in Spanish?
petrodólar appears about once in every 60 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).