caoba
Spanish, noun/kaˈoba/
caoba is spelled C-A-O-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,450th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caoba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mahogany (color/colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(género Swietenia) Árbol de la familia Meliaceae, natural de América, de hasta 20 metros de altura, tronco…”.
What does caoba mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemahogany (color/colour)
noun
- 1
femininemahogany (color/colour)
- 2
femininemahogany (tree, wood)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (género Swietenia) Árbol de la familia Meliaceae, natural de América, de hasta 20 metros de altura, tronco corpulento y recto del que brotan a cierta altura un gran número de ramas, hojas compuestas, flores pequeñas y blancas, y fruto capsular. Su madera es muy estimada. 2. Madera noble de este árbol. 3. Color rojizo, como el de la madera de caoba.
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 caoba
- caobas feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caoba?
- /kaˈoba/
- [kaˈo.β̞a]
- [kaˈoβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caoba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caoba in Spanish?
caoba appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).