barbacoa
Spanish, noun/baɾbaˈkoa/
barbacoa is spelled B-A-R-B-A-C-O-A (8 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbacoa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “barbecue (fireplace or pit for grilling food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Carne de res o borrego, la cual ha sido preparada cociéndola en su propio jugo o al vapor, tradicionalmente…”.
What does barbacoa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarbecue (fireplace or pit for grilling food)
- 2
femininemeats (traditionally from the inside of a cow's cheek or jaw) or a whole sheep slow cooked over an open fire, or more traditionally, in a hole dug in the ground covered with maguey leaves, although the interpretation is loose
- 3
femininemeat steamed until tender (most common present use)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carne de res o borrego, la cual ha sido preparada cociéndola en su propio jugo o al vapor, tradicionalmente en un horno que se excava en el suelo.
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 barbacoa
- barbacoas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbacoa?
- /baɾbaˈkoa/
- [baɾ.β̞aˈko.a]
- [baɾβ̞aˈkoa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barbacoa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barbacoa in Spanish?
barbacoa appears 3.1 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).