babosa
Portuguese, noun/baˈbɔ.zɐ/
babosa is spelled B-A-B-O-S-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Babosa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “aloe vera” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of baboso. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que aloés, erva-babosa”.
What does babosa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealoe vera
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of baboso
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que aloés, erva-babosa 2. o mesmo que mussurungo, amboré 3. variedade de ameixa 4. casta de videira
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 babosa
- babosas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce babosa?
- Brazil /baˈbɔ.zɐ/
- Portugal /bɐˈbɔ.zɐ/
- Portugal [bɐˈβɔ.zɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is babosa in Portuguese?
babosa appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).