protesta
Spanish, noun
protesta is spelled P-R-O-T-E-S-T-A (8 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,046th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protesta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “protest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of protestar. With an accent, protestá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of protestar”.
What does protesta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprotest
- 2
feminineobjection
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of protestar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manifestación exhibición pública (o marcha) de la opinión de un grupo activista (económica, política o social, sobre todo), mediante una congregación en las calles, a menudo en un lugar o una fecha simbólicos y asociados con esa opinión.
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 protesta
- protestas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to protesta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protesta in Spanish?
protesta appears 27 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).