abu
Spanish, noun/ˈabu/
abu is spelled A-B-U (3 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,416th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abu is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “alternative form of abue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abuelo o abuela”.
What does abu mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinealternative form of abue
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abuelo o abuela.
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 abu
- abus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abu?
- /ˈabu/
- [ˈa.β̞u]
- [ˈaβ̞u]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abu in Spanish?
abu appears 6.9 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).