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vav

Spanish, noun/ˈbab/

vav is spelled V-A-V (3 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 147,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vav is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “vav; the Hebrew letter ו” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sexta letra del alfabeto hebreo”.

What does vav mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininevav; the Hebrew letter ו

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Sexta letra del alfabeto hebreo

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.

How do you pronounce vav?

  • /ˈbab/
  • [ˈbaβ̞]

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

English words that translate to vav

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

How common is vav in Spanish?

vav appears about once in every 16 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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