Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

busco

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: bus-co
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Churubusco (a town in Indiana).

Etymology

Clipping of Churubusco, from Spanish Churubusco, from Classical Nahuatl Huitzilopochco, from Huitzilopochtli (name of a god) + -co (locative suffix).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

'Busco (alternative)

Questions

What does busco mean?: Churubusco (a town in Indiana).
Where does busco come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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