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tropero

Spanish, noun[t̪ɾoˈpeɾo]

tropero is spelled T-R-O-P-E-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 189,865th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tropero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cowboy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does tropero mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Latin-Americamasculinecowboy

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona, que por oficio o profesión conduce tropillas de ganado.

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 tropero

  • troperos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tropero?

  • [t̪ɾoˈpeɾo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is tropero in Spanish?

tropero appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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