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yaba

Spanish, noun/ˈʝaba/

yaba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cabbage bark (Andira inermis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does yaba mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecabbage bark (Andira inermis)

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

Forms of yaba

  • yabas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce yaba?

  • /ˈʝaba/
  • [ˈɟ͡ʝa.β̞a]

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

How common is yaba in Spanish?

yaba appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).