obo
Spanish, noun/ˈobo/
obo is spelled O-B-O (3 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 116,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “nonsensical word used in a joke in which one is told "hueles a obo" (you smell like obo) and one responds with "¿qué es obo?" (what is…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does obo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
found in toponyms like Montovo, Torroba; compare Montalbo, Torralba
noun
- 1
masculinenonsensical word used in a joke in which one is told "hueles a obo" (you smell like obo) and one responds with "¿qué es obo?" (what is obo?), which sounds like "¿qué sobo?" (what do I stroke?) and the other person responds with "esta" (this one), referring to their penis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of obo
- oba feminine
- ovo alternative
- obos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obo?
- /ˈobo/
- [ˈo.β̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obo in Spanish?
obo appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).