urbe
Spanish, noun/ˈuɾbe/
urbe is spelled U-R-B-E (4 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,906th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urbe is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “metropolis; large city” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ciudad de gran población”.
What does urbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemetropolis; large city
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ciudad de gran población.
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 urbe
- urbes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urbe?
- /ˈuɾbe/
- [ˈuɾ.β̞e]
- [ˈuɾβ̞e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to urbe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is urbe in Spanish?
urbe appears 2.2 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).