fufú
Spanish, noun/fuˈfu/
fufú is spelled F-U-F-Ú (4 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish, the 321,281st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fufú is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a West African dish made with flour, usually casava, cocoyam, and plantain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alimento de origen africano, hehco con plátanos y otros tubérculos con alto contenido de almidón como el ñame”.
What does fufú mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea West African dish made with flour, usually casava, cocoyam, and plantain
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alimento de origen africano, hehco con plátanos y otros tubérculos con alto contenido de almidón como el ñame. 2. Plato hehco a base de una pasta con plátano. 3. Yoyó (juguete). 4. Mal de ojo
adjective: 1. Presuntuoso
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 fufú
- fufúes plural
- fufús plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fufú?
- /fuˈfu/
- [fuˈfu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fufú
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fufú in Spanish?
fufú appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).