picapleitos
Spanish, noun[pikaˈplejt̪os]
picapleitos is spelled P-I-C-A-P-L-E-I-T-O-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 167,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picapleitos is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “shark lawyer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abogado que acusa a la gente con problemas legales para ser contratado”.
What does picapleitos mean in English?
noun
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abogado que acusa a la gente con problemas legales para ser contratado. 2. Persona que busca el enfrentamiento y los pleitos. 3. Abogado embaucador. 4. Abogado de guardilla.
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 picapleitos?
- [pikaˈplejt̪os]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to picapleitos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is picapleitos in Spanish?
picapleitos appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).