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sobaco

Spanish, noun/soˈbako/

sobaco is spelled S-O-B-A-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,142nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobaco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “armpit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Concavidad que forma el brazo en su articulación con el hombro. A partir de la pubertad se cubre de vello”.

What does sobaco mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialmasculinearmpit

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Concavidad que forma el brazo en su articulación con el hombro. A partir de la pubertad se cubre de vello. 2. Ángulo formado por una hoja y su eje.

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 sobaco

  • sobacos plural

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

How do you pronounce sobaco?

  • /soˈbako/
  • [soˈβ̞a.ko]
  • [soˈβ̞ako]

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

English words that translate to sobaco

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

How common is sobaco in Spanish?

sobaco appears about once in every 3 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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