babadeiro
Portuguese, adjective/ba.baˈde(j).ɾu/
babadeiro is spelled B-A-B-A-D-E-I-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese, the 180,215th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Babadeiro is a Portuguese adjective meaning “cool, great, awesome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “maravilhoso, fabuloso”.
What does babadeiro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilslangcool, great, awesome
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. maravilhoso, fabuloso
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 babadeiro
- babadeira feminine
- babadeiros masculine plural
- babadeiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce babadeiro?
- Brazil /ba.baˈde(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ba.baˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is babadeiro in Portuguese?
babadeiro appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).