vuvuzela
Spanish, noun/bubuˈθela/
vuvuzela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “vuvuzela” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento musical de viento, a modo de corneta de material habitualmente plástico, que produce una nota…”.
What does vuvuzela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevuvuzela
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento musical de viento, a modo de corneta de material habitualmente plástico, que produce una nota monótona e intensa, usado en especial por los simpatizantes en los partidos de fútbol en Sudáfrica.
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 vuvuzela
- vuvuzelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vuvuzela?
- /bubuˈθela/
- [bu.β̞uˈθe.la]
- /bubuˈsela/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vuvuzela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vuvuzela in Spanish?
vuvuzela appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).