busca
Spanish, noun
busca is spelled B-U-S-C-A (5 letters) and appears 112 times per million words in written Spanish, the 786th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Busca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “search (an attempt to find something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of buscar. With an accent, buscá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of buscar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de buscar”.
What does busca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesearch (an attempt to find something)
noun
- 1
masculinepager (a wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of buscar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de buscar. 2. Proceso y resultado de seleccionar y recoger, entre escombros, desperdicios o basura, los materiales o cosas que pueden aprovecharse o reciclarse. 3. Tropa de cazadores, monteros y perros, que recorre el monte para levantar la caza. 4. Especie de perro que caza solo o sirve para seguir la caza.
noun: 1. Instrumento o aparato portátil que recibe mensajes enviados a distancia.
noun: 1. Buscavidas.
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 busca
- buscas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to busca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is busca in Spanish?
busca appears 112 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).