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trovador

Spanish, noun/tɾobaˈdoɾ/

trovador is spelled T-R-O-V-A-D-O-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trovador is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “troubadour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Músico y poeta medieval que componía sus obras y las interpretaba o las hacía interpretar por juglares o…”.

What does trovador mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetroubadour

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Músico y poeta medieval que componía sus obras y las interpretaba o las hacía interpretar por juglares o ministriles, en las cortes señoriales de ciertos lugares de Europa, especialmente del sur de Francia, entre los siglos XII y XIV. 2. Persona que crea y canta trovas y/o trovos, a menudo por improvisación. 3. Persona que escribe o crea poesía. 4. Persona que crea e interpreta sus propias composiciones musicales, generalmente cantadas.

adjective: 1. Que compone trovas o versos, a menudo por improvisación.

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 trovador

  • trovadores plural
  • trovadora feminine
  • trovadoras feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce trovador?

  • /tɾobaˈdoɾ/
  • [t̪ɾo.β̞aˈð̞oɾ]
  • [t̪ɾoβ̞aˈð̞oɾ]

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

English words that translate to trovador

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is trovador in Spanish?

trovador appears about once in every 1 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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