wau
Spanish, noun/ˈwau/
wau is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “the sound /w/ (labiovelar approximant) or /u̯/ (non-syllabic /u/)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does wau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe sound /w/ (labiovelar approximant) or /u̯/ (non-syllabic /u/)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of wau
- waus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wau?
- /ˈwau/
- [ˈwau̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wau in Spanish?
wau appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).