Cabuya

Cabuya
 

I generally use the word soga for rope in Spanish although I know there are lots of other words. Recently I heard the term cabuya which, from deduction, meant soga. After looking up the word (at first I thought it was cabulla) I saw that cabuya is century plant cactus which I automatically assumed was related to sisal, a succulent whose fibers are used for rope.

Is cabuya a common word for rope?

Not in Mexico. Here you'll hear "mecate", for a rope made of natural fiber. :)
The others are rarely called "soga", but "cuerda" or "lazo" (sometimes also "reata").

It is used in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador.

CREA gives 30 examples of usage.

(You can put "cabuya" without quotes after "consulta:" and see the examples if you go to this link.)

http://corpus.rae.es/creanet.html

You can also find it in DRAE.

Greetings.

(I've been very busy, but it is always nice to come back to the forum!)

Muy buenas, muchachos. :)

Creo que 'lazo' sea la función de una cuerda o soga o cordel, si damos una ojeada al DRAE:
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