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taba

Spanish, noun/ˈtaba/

taba is spelled T-A-B-A (4 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,236th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “anklebone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquiera de los varios huesos que en los tetrápodos se ubican entre la tibia y el metatarso, formando la…”.

What does taba mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineanklebone

  2. 2

    feminineshoe

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineclumsy

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineclumsy person

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cualquiera de los varios huesos que en los tetrápodos se ubican entre la tibia y el metatarso, formando la parte más próxima a la distal en las extremidades posteriores 2. Cualquiera de varios juegos de destreza que se realizan arrojando piezas de este hueso, usualmente de origen bovino u ovino

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 taba

  • tabas plural

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

How do you pronounce taba?

  • /ˈtaba/
  • [ˈt̪a.β̞a]
  • [ˈt̪aβ̞a]

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

English words that translate to taba

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

How common is taba in Spanish?

taba appears 1.2 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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