pistolerismo
Spanish, noun/pistoleˈɾismo/
pistolerismo is spelled P-I-S-T-O-L-E-R-I-S-M-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish, the 231,957th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pistolerismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “the practice used by Spanish employers during King Alfonso XIII's reconstruction crisis of hiring thugs to face syndicalists and notable…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pistolerismo mean in English?
noun
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masculinethe practice used by Spanish employers during King Alfonso XIII's reconstruction crisis of hiring thugs to face syndicalists and notable workers – and vice versa
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce pistolerismo?
- /pistoleˈɾismo/
- [pis.t̪o.leˈɾiz.mo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pistolerismo in Spanish?
pistolerismo appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).