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afrocubano

Spanish, adjective/ˌafɾokuˈbano/

afrocubano is spelled A-F-R-O-C-U-B-A-N-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afrocubano is a Spanish adjective meaning “Afro-Cuban” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que, siendo de Cuba, tiene raíces, orígenes o elementos africanos”.

What does afrocubano mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Afro-Cuban

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que, siendo de Cuba, tiene raíces, orígenes o elementos africanos.

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 afrocubano

  • afrocubana feminine
  • afrocubanos masculine plural
  • afrocubanas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce afrocubano?

  • /ˌafɾokuˈbano/
  • [ˌa.fɾo.kuˈβ̞a.no]
  • [afɾokuˈβ̞ano]

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

How common is afrocubano in Spanish?

afrocubano 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).

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