quitamiedos
Spanish, noun/kitaˈmjedos/
quitamiedos is spelled Q-U-I-T-A-M-I-E-D-O-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish, the 215,438th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quitamiedos is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “crash barrier, guardrail, traffic barrier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Valla de metal u otro material que se coloca en las carreteras con fines de seguridad”.
What does quitamiedos mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrash barrier, guardrail, traffic barrier
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Valla de metal u otro material que se coloca en las carreteras con fines de seguridad. 2. Barandilla que es colocada en lugares altos para evitar el riesgo de caída.
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.
How do you pronounce quitamiedos?
- /kitaˈmjedos/
- [ki.t̪aˈmje.ð̞os]
- [kit̪aˈmjeð̞os]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quitamiedos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quitamiedos in Spanish?
quitamiedos appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).