bah
Spanish, interjection/ˈba/
bah is spelled B-A-H (3 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bah is a Spanish interjection meaning “indicates disdain or unbelief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Denota incredulidad o desprecio”.
What does bah mean in English?
interjection
- 1
indicates disdain or unbelief
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Denota incredulidad o desprecio. 2. Usada para explicitar y aclarar lo enunciado previamente en el discurso, generalmente cuando implica contradecirse en mayor o menor medida con lo que ya se dijo.
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.
How do you pronounce bah?
- /ˈba/
- [ˈba]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bah
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bah in Spanish?
bah appears 3.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).