aba
Portuguese, noun/ˈa.bɐ/
aba is spelled A-B-A (3 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,758th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “brim (of a hat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of abar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte saliente da beira das vestimentas, ou outros materiais de pano, para uso das pessoas, tais como…”.
What does aba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrim (of a hat)
a aba do chapéu
- 2
feminineflap (hinged leaf of furniture)
- 3
femininebank (of a river)
- 4
femininetab (navigational widget in a GUI)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte saliente da beira das vestimentas, ou outros materiais de pano, para uso das pessoas, tais como vestido, paletó, toldo etc 2. borda de um chapéu 3. margem, beira, costa que limita um mar, rio ou lago 4. extremidade ou parte saliente em obras de carpintaria, alvenaria, serralheria etc; em geral, trata-se de prolongamento de tampo de móveis (mesas etc), geralmente que se pode dobrar, e ligado ao móvel por dobras pequenas
noun: 1. manto de beduínos 2. designação oriental de padre 3. pessoa idosa
symbol: 1. símbolo de abampere
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aba
- abas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aba?
- Brazil /ˈa.bɐ/
- Portugal /ˈa.bɐ/
- Portugal [ˈa.βɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aba in Portuguese?
aba appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).