tuba
Spanish, noun/ˈtuba/
tuba is spelled T-U-B-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “coconut wine made from sweet coconut sap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento de viento metal, el más grande de ellos y el que tiene la afinación más baja. Funciona de forma…”.
What does tuba mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicofemininecoconut wine made from sweet coconut sap
noun
- 1
femininetuba (A large brass musical instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento de viento metal, el más grande de ellos y el que tiene la afinación más baja. Funciona de forma similar a la trompeta.
noun: 1. Savia obtenida de la palma, sobre todo de la palma de coco, cuando se corta el extremo superior de la espata previo a la apertura de las flores. 2. Licor filipino suave y algo viscoso elaborado a partir de la fermentación de la tuba. Reciente, es grato refresco; pero después de la fermentación sólo sirve para hacer vinagre o fabricar aguardiente.
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 tuba
- tubas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tuba?
- /ˈtuba/
- [ˈt̪u.β̞a]
- [ˈt̪uβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tuba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tuba in Spanish?
tuba appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).