rapapolvo
Spanish, noun/ˌrapaˈpolbo/
rapapolvo is spelled R-A-P-A-P-O-L-V-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 160,355th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rapapolvo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bollocking, telling-off, talking-to, earful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reprensión áspera”.
What does rapapolvo mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinebollocking, telling-off, talking-to, earful
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reprensión áspera.
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 rapapolvo
- rapapolvos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rapapolvo?
- /ˌrapaˈpolbo/
- [ˌra.paˈpol.β̞o]
- [rapaˈpolβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rapapolvo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rapapolvo in Spanish?
rapapolvo appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).