PBC
Spanish, noun/ˌpe ˌbe ˈθe/
PBC is spelled P-B-C (3 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). PBC is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “initialism of pasta base de cocaína (“cocaine paste”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does PBC mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinitialism of pasta base de cocaína (“cocaine paste”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Droga de bajo costo que es un producto intermedio en la producción del clorhidrato de cocaína. Tiene el aspecto de un polvo con un color que varía entre el blanco sucio y el marrón. Está compuesto de cocaína base, ecgonina, benzoilecgonina, tropacocaína, cinamoilcocaína, sulfatos y carbonatos.
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.
How do you pronounce PBC?
- /ˌpe ˌbe ˈθe/
- [ˌpe ˌβ̞e ˈθe]
- /ˌpe ˌbe ˈse/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is PBC in Spanish?
PBC appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).