andiroba
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɾɔ.bɐ/
andiroba is spelled A-N-D-I-R-O-B-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Andiroba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “andiroba (Carapa guianensis, a tree of South and Central America)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore da família Meliaceae”.
What does andiroba mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineandiroba (Carapa guianensis, a tree of South and Central America)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore da família Meliaceae
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 andiroba
- andirobas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce andiroba?
- Brazil /ɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɾɔ.bɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ̃.diˈɾɔ.bɐ/
- Portugal [ɐ̃.diˈɾɔ.βɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is andiroba in Portuguese?
andiroba appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).