bulbar
Spanish, adjective/bulˈbaɾ/
bulbar is spelled B-U-L-B-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bulbar is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “bulbar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que pertenece o concierne a bulbo raquídeo o médula oblonga en el tronco del encéfalo (región del cerebro en…”.
What does bulbar mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne a bulbo raquídeo o médula oblonga en el tronco del encéfalo (región del cerebro en la base del cráneo, cerca a la nuca). 2. Que se parece a un bulbo o tiene su forma.
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 bulbar
- bulbares feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bulbar?
- /bulˈbaɾ/
- [bulˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bulbar in Spanish?
bulbar appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).