tránsfuga
Spanish, noun/ˈtɾansfuɡa/
tránsfuga is spelled T-R-Á-N-S-F-U-G-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 91,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tránsfuga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “defector, turncoat, traitor (someone leaves their country, political party, or other group, and joins an opposing country, party, or group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El que cambia de partido político, especialmente el que ocupa un cargo público”.
What does tránsfuga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinedefector, turncoat, traitor (someone leaves their country, political party, or other group, and joins an opposing country, party, or group)
- 2
femininemasculinedeserter
- 3
femininemasculinerarefugitive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El que cambia de partido político, especialmente el que ocupa un cargo público. 2. Militar que se pasa al bando contrario en tiempo de guerra. 3. Canalla, persona despreciable y de procederes carentes de moral y, a veces, delictivos. 4. Persona que pasa huyendo de una parte a otra.
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 tránsfuga
- tránsfugas plural
- trásfuga alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tránsfuga?
- /ˈtɾansfuɡa/
- [ˈt̪ɾãns.fu.ɣ̞a]
- [ˈt̪ɾãnsfuɣ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tránsfuga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tránsfuga in Spanish?
tránsfuga appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).