prohibido
Spanish, adjective/pɾoiˈbido/
prohibido is spelled P-R-O-H-I-B-I-D-O (9 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,313th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prohibido is a Spanish adjective meaning “forbidden; prohibited” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of prohibir. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que por ley, autoridad o estatuto no está consentido y es ilegítimo. Que no se permite”.
What does prohibido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
forbidden; prohibited
verb
- 1
past participle of prohibir
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que por ley, autoridad o estatuto no está consentido y es ilegítimo. Que no se permite. 2. Por extensión, alimento o bebida que se excluye de la alimentación por orden médica como parte del tratamiento de algunas enfermedades.
verb: 1. Participio de prohibir. 2. Delante de un verbo en infinitivo, denota una acción que no se debe ejecutar.
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 prohibido
- prohibida feminine
- prohibidos masculine plural
- prohibidas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prohibido?
- /pɾoiˈbido/
- [pɾoi̯ˈβ̞i.ð̞o]
- [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prohibido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prohibido in Spanish?
prohibido appears 25 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).