albur
Spanish, noun/alˈbuɾ/
albur is spelled A-L-B-U-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Albur is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bleak (fish); dace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Evento cuyo resultado es azaroso”.
What does albur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebleak (fish); dace
- 2
masculineluck, chance, risk
correr el albur
- 3
Mexicomasculinea kind of humorous wordplay that relies on sexual innuendo; a risqué double entendre
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Evento cuyo resultado es azaroso. 2. Juego de palabras que se emplea con un doble sentido. 3. (Familia Mugilidae) Cualquiera de unas ochenta especies de peces perciformes que habitan aguas costeras y fluviales en regiones subtropicales y tropicales de todo el globo.
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 albur
- albures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce albur?
- /alˈbuɾ/
- [alˈβ̞uɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to albur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is albur in Spanish?
albur appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).