taparrabos
Spanish, noun/tapaˈrabos/
taparrabos is spelled T-A-P-A-R-R-A-B-O-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 71,694th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taparrabos is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “loincloth, swimming trunks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of taparrabo. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prenda de vestir masculina mínima utilizada por algunas comunidades indígenas, que consiste simplemente en un…”.
What does taparrabos mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineloincloth, swimming trunks
noun
- 1
plural of taparrabo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prenda de vestir masculina mínima utilizada por algunas comunidades indígenas, que consiste simplemente en un trozo de tela tapando las partes púdicas, en particular la entrepierna.
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 taparrabos?
- /tapaˈrabos/
- [t̪a.paˈra.β̞os]
- [t̪apaˈraβ̞os]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to taparrabos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taparrabos in Spanish?
taparrabos appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).