aba
Spanish, interjection/ˈaba/
aba is spelled A-B-A (3 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,508th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aba is a Spanish interjection meaning “caution!, watch out!” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Denota advertencia”.
What does aba mean in English?
interjection
- 1
caution!, watch out!
suffix
- 1
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of -ar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nombre que se da a un arbusto de la isla de la Juventud. Se atribuye a sus hojas valor medicinal contra la parálisis.
interjection: 1. Denota advertencia.
noun: 1. Manto usado por los beduinos.
noun: 1. Medida de longitud, cuya equivalencia es de dos anas (aproximadamente dos metros).
suffix: 1. Terminación verbal para el pretérito imperfecto del modo indicativo en verbos de la primera conjugación (infinitivos en -ar).
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 aba
- ¡aba! canonical
- abas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aba?
- /ˈaba/
- [ˈa.β̞a]
- [aˈβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aba in Spanish?
aba appears 1.5 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).