gayuba
Spanish, noun[gaˈʝuβ̞a]
gayuba is spelled G-A-Y-U-B-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish, the 208,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gayuba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a plant, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; bearberry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mata de la familia de las Ericáceas, tendida, siempre verde y ramosa, con hojas amontonadas, lustrosas…”.
What does gayuba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea plant, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; bearberry
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mata de la familia de las Ericáceas, tendida, siempre verde y ramosa, con hojas amontonadas, lustrosas, elípticas, pecioladas y enteras, flores en racimos terminales, de corola blanca o sonrosada, y fruto en drupa roja y esférica de seis a ocho milímetros de diámetro. El cocimiento de las hojas y frutos se suele emplear como diurético 2. El fruto de esa planta₁
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 gayuba
- gayubas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gayuba?
- [gaˈʝuβ̞a]
- [gaˈʃuβ̞a]
- [gaˈʒuβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gayuba in Spanish?
gayuba appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).