Skip to main content
PlainSpell

cubo

Spanish, noun/ˈkubo/

cubo is spelled C-U-B-O (4 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,627th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cubo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cube (a regular polyhedron having six identical square faces)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recipiente en forma de cilindro, cono trunco, casi siempre provisto de un asa y utilizado para transportar…”.

What does cubo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecube (a regular polyhedron having six identical square faces)

  2. 2

    masculinecube (the third power of a number, value, term or expression)

    El cubo de 2 es 8.

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebucket, pail (a container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items)

  2. 2

    masculinehub

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Recipiente en forma de cilindro, cono trunco, casi siempre provisto de un asa y utilizado para transportar líquidos, polvos u objetos pequeños. 2. Pieza ubicada en el centro de las ruedas de los carruajes, de la cual arrancan los rayos o radios, y en la cual se encaja el eje. 3. Cilindro hueco en que remata por abajo la bayoneta, y que sirve para adaptarla al fusil. 4. Cilindro hueco en que remata por abajo la moharra de la lanza y en el cual se introduce y asegura el asta.

noun: 1. Figura geométrica solida de seis caras cuadradas. 2. Resultado de elevar a la tercera potencia una expresión.

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 cubo

  • cubos plural

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

How do you pronounce cubo?

  • /ˈkubo/
  • [ˈku.β̞o]
  • [ˈkuβ̞o]

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

English words that translate to cubo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cubo in Spanish?

cubo appears 5.9 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).

What to look up after cubo