adufe
Portuguese, noun/aˈdu.fi/
adufe is spelled A-D-U-F-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adufe is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pandeiro quadrado com guizos”.
What does adufe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pandeiro quadrado com guizos.
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 adufe
- adufes plural
- adufo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adufe?
- Brazil /aˈdu.fi/
- Portugal /ɐˈdu.fɨ/
- Portugal [ɐˈðu.fɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is adufe in Portuguese?
adufe appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).