cubil
Spanish, noun/kuˈbil/
cubil is spelled C-U-B-I-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cubil is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lair, den” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lugar donde los animales, principalmente las fieras, se recogen para dormir”.
What does cubil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelair, den
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lugar donde los animales, principalmente las fieras, se recogen para dormir. 2. Sitio donde se recoge el ganado por la noche, y donde también a veces duermen los pastores. 3. Lecho o cauce de un río, arroyo u otro tipo de agua corriente. 4. Antro.
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 cubil
- cubiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cubil?
- /kuˈbil/
- [kuˈβ̞il]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cubil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cubil in Spanish?
cubil appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).