Super Bowl

See also: Superbowl and superb owl

English

Etymology

From super +‎ bowl, from bowl games such as the Rose Bowl Game and Orange Bowl.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Super Bowl (plural Super Bowls)

  1. (American football) The championship game of the NFL played in early February between two teams, one each in the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference.
    Synonyms: superb owl, Big Game
    • 2026 February 9, Jon Caramanica, “Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Review: A History Lesson Full of Puerto Rican Pride”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 February 2026:
      The Super Bowl rendition began with workers falling from utility poles in a flash of sparks, a nod to the blackouts that crippled the U.S. territory for several months following Hurricane Maria in 2017. [] In one segment, Bad Bunny performed “El Apagón” atop a replica utility pole.

Derived terms

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Super Bowl.

Proper noun

Super Bowl m

  1. (American football) Super Bowl
    Synonym: Súper Tazón
    • 2025 October 3, EFE, “La Casa Blanca dice que por ahora no hay planes de redadas migratorias en el Super Bowl con Bad Bunny”, in CNN en Español[2], archived from the original on 10 February 2026:
      La Casa Blanca declaró este viernes que por ahora no tiene planes de organizar redadas migratorias aprovechando el Super Bowl del próximo febrero, donde Bad Bunny protagonizará el espectáculo de medio tiempo.
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Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.