zuavo
Spanish, noun/ˈθwabo/
zuavo is spelled Z-U-A-V-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish, the 262,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuavo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Zouave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Soldado argelino de infantería, al servicio de Francia”.
What does zuavo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineZouave
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldado argelino de infantería, al servicio de Francia. 2. Soldado francés que lleva el mismo uniforme que el zuavo argelino.
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 zuavo
- zuavos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zuavo?
- /ˈθwabo/
- [ˈθwa.β̞o]
- /ˈswabo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zuavo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zuavo in Spanish?
zuavo appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).