surubí
Spanish, noun/suɾuˈbi/
surubí is spelled S-U-R-U-B-Í (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 138,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surubí is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “any of several catfishes of the genus Pseudoplatystoma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Pseudoplatystoma spp.) Cualquiera de tres especies de peces siluriformes de agua dulce de la familia de los…”.
What does surubí mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany of several catfishes of the genus Pseudoplatystoma.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Pseudoplatystoma spp.) Cualquiera de tres especies de peces siluriformes de agua dulce de la familia de los pimelódidos, nativos de América del Sur. Apreciados por su valor gastronómico, han sido diezmados por la pesca deportiva en los últimos años, así como por la alteración de su hábitat debida a la construcción de centrales hidroeléctricas. Son grandes predadores, alimentándose principalmente
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 surubí
- surubíes plural
- surubís plural
- zurubí alternative Argentina Bolivia
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surubí?
- /suɾuˈbi/
- [su.ɾuˈβ̞i]
- [suɾuˈβ̞i]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surubí in Spanish?
surubí appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).