bakalao
Spanish, noun[bakaˈlao]
bakalao is spelled B-A-K-A-L-A-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 204,261st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bakalao is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a style of aggressive electronic music originating in Valencia, Spain, in the early 1990s” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de géneros de música electrónica bailables y discotequeros, surgidos en Valencia”.
What does bakalao mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea style of aggressive electronic music originating in Valencia, Spain, in the early 1990s
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de géneros de música electrónica bailables y discotequeros, surgidos en Valencia.
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 bakalao?
- [bakaˈlao]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bakalao in Spanish?
bakalao appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).