somatén
Spanish, noun/somaˈten/
somatén is spelled S-O-M-A-T-É-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 135,232nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Somatén is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a former police force in Catalonia, now only exisiting in Andorra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grupo de personas reunidas bajo el toque de rebato para hacer frente a indeseables”.
What does somatén mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea former police force in Catalonia, now only exisiting in Andorra
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Toque de campana con el que antiguamente en Cataluña se avisaba a un pueblo de la presencia de personas indeseables o de acontecimientos que requerían su presencia. 2. Grupo de personas reunidas bajo el toque de rebato para hacer frente a indeseables. 3. Grupo de personas de una comunidad que se reunen con el fin de autodefenderse de un enemigo común. 4. Por extensión, alboroto o desorden generalizado.
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 somatén
- somatenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce somatén?
- /somaˈten/
- [so.maˈt̪ẽn]
- [somaˈt̪ẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is somatén in Spanish?
somatén 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).