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cobla

Spanish, noun/ˈkobla/

cobla is spelled C-O-B-L-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 152,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cobla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “strophe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Agrupación folklórica de músicos, generalmente once, típica de Cataluña, que generalmente interpretan…”.

What does cobla mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininestrophe

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Agrupación folklórica de músicos, generalmente once, típica de Cataluña, que generalmente interpretan sardanas. 2. Composición poética breve o tipo de estrofa tradicional, generalmente de una cuarteta, que a menudo sirve de letra para canciones populares.

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 cobla

  • coblas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cobla?

  • /ˈkobla/
  • [ˈko.β̞la]
  • [ˈkoβ̞la]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is cobla in Spanish?

cobla appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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