buzo
Spanish, noun
buzo is spelled B-U-Z-O (4 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,401st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buzo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “diver (someone who dives underwater)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of buzar. With an accent, buzó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of buzar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que practica o que vive del buceo”.
What does buzo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediver (someone who dives underwater)
- 2
masculineoverall
- 3
masculinehooded sweatshirt, hoodie (loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel)
- 4
masculinejoggers, tracksuit (particularly the trousers of the tracksuit)
adjective
- 1
Mexicocolloquialwitty, sharp.
Ella es muy buza para el estudio.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of buzar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of buzar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que practica o que vive del buceo. 2. Prenda de vestir de una pieza que cubre pecho, piernas y a veces brazos, empleada como uniforme protector. 3. Por extensión, prenda similar de una pieza con que se viste a los bebés. 4. Por extensión, conjunto de pantalón y chaqueta deportiva, de algodón o fibra sintética, utilizado como vestimenta informal o para hacer ejercicio.
adjective: 1. Hábil para comprender lo que le conviene y obrar en consecuencia. 2. Aberrado sexual, morboso, mirón, pervertido. ^([cita requerida]).
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 buzo
- buzos plural
- buza feminine
- buzas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to buzo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is buzo in Spanish?
buzo appears 1.8 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).