abacá
Portuguese, noun/a.baˈka/
abacá is spelled A-B-A-C-Á (5 letters). Abacá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “abaca (Musa textilis, a species of banana)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tipo de bananeira das Filipinas, da espécie Musa textilis”.
What does abacá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabaca (Musa textilis, a species of banana)
- 2
masculineManila hemp (a fibre extracted from the abaca)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tipo de bananeira das Filipinas, da espécie Musa textilis
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 abacá
- abacás plural
- alvacá alternative obsolete rare
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abacá?
- Brazil /a.baˈka/
- Portugal /ɐ.bɐˈka/
- Portugal [ɐ.βɐˈka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abacá
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.