"baba" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbaba/, [ˈba.β̞a] Forms: babas [plural]
Rhymes: -aba Etymology: From the hypothesized Vulgar Latin *baba (“drooling, infantile talk”), ultimately imitative of children's speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|VL.|*baba||drooling, infantile talk}} Vulgar Latin *baba (“drooling, infantile talk”), {{onomatopoeic|es|title=imitative}} imitative Head templates: {{head|es|nouns|plural|babas|cat2=countable nouns|g=f}} baba f (plural babas)
  1. drool, dribble Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-baba-es-noun-tw81bT48 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 48 18 35 Disambiguation of Spanish onomatopoeias: 46 24 30
  2. slime Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-baba-es-noun-ZxFqi1Qm
  3. (Venezuela) baby alligator, caiman or crocodile Tags: Venezuela, feminine
    Sense id: en-baba-es-noun-QloZpZFV Categories (other): Venezuelan Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: de baba Related terms: babear, babero, babosa, baboso, cieno, lama

Inflected forms

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    }
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        "1": "es",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*baba",
        "4": "",
        "5": "drooling, infantile talk"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "babas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "ba‧ba"
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  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "babero"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "babosa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "baboso"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cieno"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lama"
    }
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        {
          "english": "The maid washed, and as she washed, she drooled.",
          "text": "La chacha lavaba, y mientras lavaba, la baba se le caía.",
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        }
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        "(Venezuela) baby alligator, caiman or crocodile"
      ],
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        "feminine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaba/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈba.β̞a]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aba"
    }
  ],
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    "Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio links"
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    }
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    }
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    "ba‧ba"
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    {
      "word": "babear"
    },
    {
      "word": "babero"
    },
    {
      "word": "babosa"
    },
    {
      "word": "baboso"
    },
    {
      "word": "cieno"
    },
    {
      "word": "lama"
    }
  ],
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          "text": "La chacha lavaba, y mientras lavaba, la baba se le caía.",
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        }
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          "dribble"
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        "slime"
      ],
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          "slime",
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        "feminine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaba/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈba.β̞a]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baba"
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