rabadán
Spanish, noun/rabaˈdan/
rabadán is spelled R-A-B-A-D-Á-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 132,280th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rabadán is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chief shepherd; head shepherd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mayoral, que preside y gobierna a todos los hatos de ganado de una cabaña”.
What does rabadán mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechief shepherd; head shepherd
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mayoral, que preside y gobierna a todos los hatos de ganado de una cabaña. 2. El que con subordinación al mayoral gobierna un hato de ganado y mana sobre el zagal y el pastor. 3. Familiar y, metafóricamente, persona de ninguna o poca importancia.
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 rabadán
- rabadanes plural
- rabadana feminine
- rabadanas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rabadán?
- /rabaˈdan/
- [ra.β̞aˈð̞ãn]
- [raβ̞aˈð̞ãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rabadán in Spanish?
rabadán appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).