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bandola

Spanish, noun[bãn̪ˈd̪ola]

bandola is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bandola” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento de cuerda, similar a la bandurria, empleado en la músical folklórica de Colombia y Venezuela. Hay…”.

What does bandola mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebandola

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Instrumento de cuerda, similar a la bandurria, empleado en la músical folklórica de Colombia y Venezuela. Hay variantes de tres, ocho, dieciséis o dieciocho cuerdas.

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 bandola

  • bandolas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bandola?

  • [bãn̪ˈd̪ola]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is bandola in Spanish?

bandola appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).