transfuguismo
Spanish, noun/tɾansfuˈɡismo/
transfuguismo is spelled T-R-A-N-S-F-U-G-U-I-S-M-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 129,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transfuguismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “acting as faithless elector, crossing the floor (voting against one’s own political party)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condición o carácter de tránsfuga”.
What does transfuguismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacting as faithless elector, crossing the floor (voting against one’s own political party)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condición o carácter de tránsfuga.
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 transfuguismo
- transfuguismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transfuguismo?
- /tɾansfuˈɡismo/
- [t̪ɾãns.fuˈɣ̞iz.mo]
- [t̪ɾãnsfuˈɣ̞ismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is transfuguismo in Spanish?
transfuguismo appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).