babalawo
Spanish, noun/babaˈlawo/
babalawo is spelled B-A-B-A-L-A-W-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish, the 174,457th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Babalawo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative form of babalao” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does babalawo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of babalao
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of babalawo
- babalawos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce babalawo?
- /babaˈlawo/
- [ba.β̞aˈla.wo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is babalawo in Spanish?
babalawo appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).