TubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “baba”
Hear “baba” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for baba
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of baba with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Africa's Path to Clean Mobility -- Driven by Motorcycles
Meet Baba Gbenro, one of our drivers.
- Definition summary
- (countable and uncountable) A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce baba
Africa's Path to Clean Mobility -- Driven by Motorcycles

Meet Baba Gbenro, one of our drivers.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “baba”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable and uncountable) A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
- (countable, especially among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
- (countable) An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
- (countable, especially among people of Indian or Chinese ancestry) A father.
- (countable, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
- (countable, British India) A baby, child.
- (countable) In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.
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