albacora
Spanish, noun/albaˈkoɾa/
albacora is spelled A-L-B-A-C-O-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 162,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Albacora is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “breba, an early Ficus carica fig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Primicia de la higuera”.
What does albacora mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebreba, an early Ficus carica fig
- 2
feminineswordfish (Xiphias gladius)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Primicia de la higuera. 2. (Thunnus alalunga), especie de atún que se encuentra en todas las aguas tropicales y en los océanos templados, y en el mar Mediterráneo. Se le denomina bonito del norte al que se pesca en el mar Cantábrico, no esta relacionado con la especie de los bonitos. 3. (Xiphias gladius), especie de pez perciforme de la familia Xiphiidae.3 Son grandes peces predadores altamente migratorios, caracterizados por su pico largo y aplanado, diferente del de sus parientes, los marlines, que es cónico. constituye la única especie perteneciente a la familia Xiphiidae, y su pesca es un deporte popular.
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 albacora
- albacoras plural
- abacora alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce albacora?
- /albaˈkoɾa/
- [al.β̞aˈko.ɾa]
- [alβ̞aˈkoɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to albacora
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is albacora in Spanish?
albacora appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).