santabárbara
Spanish, noun/santaˈbaɾbaɾa/
santabárbara is spelled S-A-N-T-A-B-Á-R-B-A-R-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Santabárbara is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “powder magazine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pañol o paraje destinado en las embarcaciones para custodiar la pólvora”.
What does santabárbara mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepowder magazine
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pañol o paraje destinado en las embarcaciones para custodiar la pólvora. 2. Cámara por donde se comunica o baja a este pañol. 3. Región del extremo de popa de la primera cubierta del navío que se destinaba a guardar los pertrechos del condestable y que en muchos casos contenía los alojamientos de algún personal o era camareta de los guardias marinas.
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 santabárbara
- santabárbaras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce santabárbara?
- /santaˈbaɾbaɾa/
- [sãn̪.t̪aˈβ̞aɾ.β̞a.ɾa]
- [sãn̪t̪aˈβ̞aɾβ̞aɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is santabárbara in Spanish?
santabárbara appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).