lufa
Spanish, noun/ˈlufa/
lufa is spelled L-U-F-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish, the 239,276th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lufa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a Luffa plant or its fruit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Especie de cucurbitacea del género Luffa”.
What does lufa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea Luffa plant or its fruit
- 2
femininea loofah for handheld scrubbing, either derived from the plant or artificial
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Especie de cucurbitacea del género Luffa. 2. Material fibroso de la misma planta [1], usado para fregarse; también denominada esponja natural.
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 lufa
- lufas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lufa?
- /ˈlufa/
- [ˈlu.fa]
- [ˈlufa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lufa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lufa in Spanish?
lufa appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).