cúa
Spanish, noun/ˈkua/
cúa is spelled C-Ú-A (3 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,789th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cúa is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Bay-breasted cuckoo (Coccyzus rufigularis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de cuac”.
What does cúa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineBay-breasted cuckoo (Coccyzus rufigularis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de cuac.
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 cúa
- cúas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cúa?
- /ˈkua/
- [ˈku.a]
- [ˈkwa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cúa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cúa in Spanish?
cúa appears 1.2 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).