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piratería

Spanish, noun/piɾateˈɾia/

piratería is spelled P-I-R-A-T-E-R-Í-A (9 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,797th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piratería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “piracy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Práctica u oficio de pirata”.

What does piratería mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepiracy

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Práctica u oficio de pirata. 2. Despojo que hace el pirata. 3. Práctica del asalto y saqueo a embarcaciones en alta mar. 4. Se dice del ejercicio de la copia y venta ilícita de discos, películas, programas informáticos, videojuegos, etc.

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 piratería

  • piraterías plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce piratería?

  • /piɾateˈɾia/
  • [pi.ɾa.t̪eˈɾi.a]
  • [piɾat̪eˈɾia]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to piratería

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is piratería in Spanish?

piratería appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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