bribri
Spanish, noun[ˈbɾiβ̞ɾi]
bribri is spelled B-R-I-B-R-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 169,030th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bribri is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Bribri” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lengua chibcha hablada por personas que viven en Costa Rica, correspondiente particularmente a los brirbris.…”.
What does bribri mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineBribri
noun
- 1
femininemasculineBribri
noun
- 1
masculineBribri (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio de o relativo a una etnia que se autodenomina bribri, habitan en Costa Rica desde el siglo V adC. La etnia proviene del grupo chibcha, nunca estuvieron totalmente sometidos a los nahuas y sobrevivieron a la conquista española.
noun: 1. Lengua chibcha hablada por personas que viven en Costa Rica, correspondiente particularmente a los brirbris. Es una lengua viva que se habla en los municipios de Talamanca, Cártago. Es una lengua muy bien identificada, es también una de las lenguas chibchas modernas vivas.
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 bribri
- bribris feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bribri?
- [ˈbɾiβ̞ɾi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bribri in Spanish?
bribri appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).