traba
Spanish, noun
traba is spelled T-R-A-B-A (5 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,033rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Traba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “catch (concealed difficulty)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of trabar. With an accent, trabá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of trabar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o resultado de trabar o triscar”.
What does traba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecatch (concealed difficulty)
- 2
feminineobstacle
- 3
feminineshackle
- 4
femininehobble (for a horse), hopple
- 5
Spainfemininehair clip, barrette, hairslide
- 6
feminineweed
- 7
femininea high
- 8
Mexicofemininecockfight
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of trabar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o resultado de trabar o triscar. 2. Dificultad u obstáculo; cualquier cosa que impide o estorba la fácil ejecución de otra. 3. Instrumento con que se junta, une y sujeta una cosa con otra. 4. Ligadura con que se atan, por las cuartillas, las manos o los pies de una caballería.
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 traba
- trabas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to traba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is traba in Spanish?
traba appears 3.3 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).