ababa
Spanish, noun/aˈbaba/
ababa is spelled A-B-A-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 135,232nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ababa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “red poppy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Papaver rhoeas) Planta herbácea de ciclo anual, de origen desconocido pero hoy cosmopolita, dotada de flores…”.
What does ababa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininered poppy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Papaver rhoeas) Planta herbácea de ciclo anual, de origen desconocido pero hoy cosmopolita, dotada de flores rojas empleadas en decoración; los alcaloides de su savia y tallos han tenido uso medicinal y sus semillas se aprecian en gastronomía. 2. Persona escasa de inteligencia o ingenio.
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 ababa
- ababas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ababa?
- /aˈbaba/
- [aˈβ̞a.β̞a]
- [aˈβ̞aβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ababa in Spanish?
ababa appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).