yarará
Spanish, noun/ʝaɾaˈɾa/
yarará is spelled Y-A-R-A-R-Á (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 165,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yarará is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Any of a number of pit vipers of the genus Bothrops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Bothrops alternatus) Serpiente venenosa, de la subfamilia de los crótalos, que habita zonas tropicales…”.
What does yarará mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineAny of a number of pit vipers of the genus Bothrops
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Bothrops alternatus) Serpiente venenosa, de la subfamilia de los crótalos, que habita zonas tropicales húmedas de América del Sur. Alcanza el metro y medio de largo, con un patrón de escamas de color pardo y gris que favorece el camuflaje. Es una de las más peligrosas que habitan el Cono Sur, de temperamento agresivo y muy territorial.
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 yarará
- yararás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yarará?
- /ʝaɾaˈɾa/
- [ɟ͡ʝa.ɾaˈɾa]
- [ʝaɾaˈɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is yarará in Spanish?
yarará appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).