comba
Spanish, noun
comba is spelled C-O-M-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 48,253rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “jump rope (the rope itself, not the game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of combar. With an accent, combá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of combar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Forma cóncava o convexa que toma la superficie de ciertos objetos o sólidos cuando se curvan o encorvan, como…”.
What does comba mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spainfemininejump rope (the rope itself, not the game)
- 2
femininecurve ball (ball that spins)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of combar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forma cóncava o convexa que toma la superficie de ciertos objetos o sólidos cuando se curvan o encorvan, como ocurre con la madera, algunas láminas de metal, etc. 2. Trayectoria curva que describe la pelota cuando se la patea de cierta forma. 3. Juego que consiste en que uno o más participantes saltan sobre una cuerda que se hace girar de modo que pase debajo de sus pies y sobre sus cabezas. 4. La cuerda misma con que se juega la comba₂.
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 comba
- combas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to comba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comba in Spanish?
comba appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).