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rumbo

Spanish, noun/ˈrumbo/

rumbo is spelled R-U-M-B-O (5 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,177th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rumbo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “course” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dirección seguida para llegar a un lugar o una meta”.

What does rumbo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecourse

  2. 2

    masculineheading, bearing

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Dirección seguida para llegar a un lugar o una meta. 2. Dirección que toma una embarcación. 3. Línea que se traza en un mapa para indicar la ruta a seguir. 4. Orificio producido en el casco de un buque.

noun: 1. Pompa, manifestación de riqueza ostentosa y liberalidad en el gasto. 2. Conducta desprendida y desinteresada. 3. (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) Colibrí de vuelo ruidoso.

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 rumbo

  • rumbos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rumbo?

  • /ˈrumbo/
  • [ˈrũm.bo]
  • [ˈrũmbo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to rumbo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is rumbo in Spanish?

rumbo appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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