vihuela
Spanish, noun/biˈwela/
vihuela is spelled V-I-H-U-E-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,962nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vihuela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “vihuela” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento musical cordófono cuya caja semeja al signo numérico 8 (ocho), parecido a la guitarra”.
What does vihuela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevihuela
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento musical cordófono cuya caja semeja al signo numérico 8 (ocho), parecido a la guitarra. 2. Instrumento musical de cuerda pulsada, que tradicionalmente consta de seis cuerdas.
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 vihuela
- vihuelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vihuela?
- /biˈwela/
- [biˈwe.la]
- [biˈ(ɣ̞)w̝ela]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vihuela in Spanish?
vihuela appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).