rompecabezas
Spanish, noun/rompekaˈbeθas/
rompecabezas is spelled R-O-M-P-E-C-A-B-E-Z-A-S (12 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rompecabezas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a jigsaw puzzle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arma ofensiva compuesta de dos bolas de hierro o plomo sujetas a los extremos de un mango corto y flexible”.
What does rompecabezas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea jigsaw puzzle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arma ofensiva compuesta de dos bolas de hierro o plomo sujetas a los extremos de un mango corto y flexible. 2. Problema o acertijo de difícil solución. 3. Juego de paciencia que consiste en componer determinada figura combinando cierto número de pedacitos de madera o cartón, en cada uno de los cuales hay una parte de la figura.
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 rompecabezas?
- /rompekaˈbeθas/
- [rõm.pe.kaˈβ̞e.θas]
- /rompekaˈbesas/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rompecabezas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rompecabezas in Spanish?
rompecabezas appears 3.5 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).