represalia
Spanish, noun
represalia is spelled R-E-P-R-E-S-A-L-I-A (10 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,906th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Represalia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “reprisal, retaliation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of represaliar. With an accent, represaliá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of represaliar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Derecho que se arrogan los enemigos para causarse recíprocamente igual o mayor daño que el que han recibido”.
What does represalia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereprisal, retaliation
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of represaliar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Derecho que se arrogan los enemigos para causarse recíprocamente igual o mayor daño que el que han recibido. 2. Retención de los bienes de una nación con quien se está en guerra, o (retención) de sus individuos.
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 represalia
- represalias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to represalia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is represalia in Spanish?
represalia appears 2.2 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).