bandurria
Spanish, noun/banˈdurja/
bandurria is spelled B-A-N-D-U-R-R-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 116,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bandurria is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bandurria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento musical de cuerda pulsada de la familia del laúd español, de 12 cuerdas (6 órdenes dobles)…”.
What does bandurria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebandurria
- 2
feminineAny of various birds on the genus Theristicus.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento musical de cuerda pulsada de la familia del laúd español, de 12 cuerdas (6 órdenes dobles), cuerpo redondeado y plano, y mástil corto. 2. (Theristicus caudatus) Especie de ibis de plumaje negro, lustroso con reflejos de verde metálico que habita en los bañados y lagunas de las zonas orientales de América del Sur también se les llama cuervos por su color.
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 bandurria
- bandurrias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bandurria?
- /banˈdurja/
- [bãn̪ˈd̪u.rja]
- [bãn̪ˈd̪urja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bandurria in Spanish?
bandurria appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).