babalao
Spanish, noun/babaˈlao/
babalao is spelled B-A-B-A-L-A-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Babalao is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “babalawo (Ifa priest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does babalao mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebabalawo (Ifa priest)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of babalao
- babalaos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce babalao?
- /babaˈlao/
- [ba.β̞aˈla.o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to babalao
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is babalao in Spanish?
babalao appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).