trapito
Spanish, noun/tɾaˈpito/
trapito is spelled T-R-A-P-I-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 61,391st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trapito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “diminutive of trapo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que se dedica a limpiar los parabrisas de los autos en la vía pública a cambio de dinero, en muchos…”.
What does trapito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of trapo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que se dedica a limpiar los parabrisas de los autos en la vía pública a cambio de dinero, en muchos casos obligando a los conductores a aceptar la oferta. 2. Persona que informalmente administra una sección del lugar para estacionamiento en la vía pública para "cuidar" los automóviles y pide propina o exige un pago para que uno pueda estacionar.
noun: 1. En el mundo del ánime, un travesti.
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 trapito
- trapitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trapito?
- /tɾaˈpito/
- [t̪ɾaˈpi.t̪o]
- [t̪ɾaˈpit̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is trapito in Spanish?
trapito appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).