cubo
/ˈkubo/ · B1 · noun · m
cube
🧊🎲 cubo = cube, both from Latin cubus, Greek kybos (a die)
Spanish and English took the same Latin word cubus, which came from Greek kybos, a six-sided die. That is why a die is a cube. In maths, el cubo de 3 is 27, the same as cubing a number in English.