prohibición
Spanish, noun/pɾoibiˈθjon/
prohibición is spelled P-R-O-H-I-B-I-C-I-Ó-N (11 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,469th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prohibición is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “prohibition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de prohibir (no permitir, por ley o autoridad, la ejecución, el uso o la presencia de algo)”.
What does prohibición mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprohibition
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de prohibir (no permitir, por ley o autoridad, la ejecución, el uso o la presencia de algo).
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 prohibición
- prohibiciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prohibición?
- /pɾoibiˈθjon/
- [pɾoi̯.β̞iˈθjõn]
- /pɾoibiˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prohibición
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prohibición in Spanish?
prohibición appears 14 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).