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bobo

Spanish, noun/ˈbobo/

bobo is spelled B-O-B-O (4 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,111th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bobo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a stupid or naive person; a fool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Corazón”.

What does bobo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    stupid, silly, naive

  2. 2

    flaccid

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea stupid or naive person; a fool

    ¡No seas bobo!

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Corto de inteligencia y entendimiento.

noun: 1. Corazón. 2. Personaje del teatro español, que se caracteriza por su falta de inteligencia. 3. Reloj de pulsera.

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 bobo

  • boba feminine
  • bobos masculine plural
  • bobas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce bobo?

  • /ˈbobo/
  • [ˈbo.β̞o]
  • [ˈboβ̞o]

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

English words that translate to bobo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bobo in Spanish?

bobo appears 4.9 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).

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