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VIH

Spanish, noun/ˌube ˌi ˈat͡ʃe/

VIH is spelled V-I-H (3 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,631st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). VIH is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Especie de lentivirus cuya infección afecta al sistema inmune humano y con el tiempo puede llegar a causar el…”.

What does VIH mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineHIV (human immunodeficiency virus)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Especie de lentivirus cuya infección afecta al sistema inmune humano y con el tiempo puede llegar a causar el síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida.

abbreviation: 1. Condición de una persona que tiene infección por VIH.

abbreviation: 1. Condición de una persona que no tiene infección por VIH.

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 VIH?

  • /ˌube ˌi ˈat͡ʃe/
  • [ˌu.β̞e ˌi ˈa.t͡ʃe]
  • Latin-America /ˌbe ˌi ˈat͡ʃe/

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

English words that translate to VIH

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

How common is VIH in Spanish?

VIH appears 7.8 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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