trauma
Spanish, noun
trauma is spelled T-R-A-U-M-A (6 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,778th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trauma is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “trauma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of traumar. With an accent, traumá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of traumar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trastorno ocasionado por una fuerte y negativa impresión emocional”.
What does trauma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrauma
- 2
masculineinjury; harm
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of traumar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trastorno ocasionado por una fuerte y negativa impresión emocional. 2. Daño físico causado por un golpe, impacto, desgarro u otro tipo de lesión.
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 trauma
- traumas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trauma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trauma in Spanish?
trauma appears 6.6 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).