bahía
Spanish, noun/baˈia/
bahía is spelled B-A-H-Í-A (5 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,981st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bahía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bay (geographical feature)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Penetración del mar en la costa, de extensión considerable y de entrada ancha, menor que el golfo y mayor que…”.
What does bahía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebay (geographical feature)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Penetración del mar en la costa, de extensión considerable y de entrada ancha, menor que el golfo y mayor que la ensenada, que sirve para fondear barcos.
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 bahía
- bahías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bahía?
- /baˈia/
- [baˈi.a]
- [baˈia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bahía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bahía in Spanish?
bahía appears 15 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).