Is "globo" the word generally used for a "balloon"?

Question

I am looking for the Spanish word for a regular "balloon". The kind you blow up for birthday parties.

Thanks.

• A well phrased question! And a good question, too. - revmaf Sep 7, 2010

Answer 1

Try googling "globos foto"

Here are some other regional words for balloon:

balloon

• How about "vejiga"? There were some balloons at the office today and someone - from El Salvador (I think) - told me the word for them: "vejiga." (It's in the dictionary as the word for blister, etc.) - CharlieMcKeo May 19, 2011

Answer 2

In some Mexican areas we call them (bombas)