baú
Portuguese, noun/baˈu/
baú is spelled B-A-Ú (3 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baú is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “trunk, chest (a large strong, usually wooden, box with a secure convex lid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caixa retangular com tampa convexa e geralmente revestida de couro cru”.
What does baú mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrunk, chest (a large strong, usually wooden, box with a secure convex lid)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. caixa retangular com tampa convexa e geralmente revestida de couro cru 2. mala 3. indivíduo endinheirado 4. crustáceo decápode (Hepatus princeps) da família dos calapídeos, encontrado na costa brasileira, de carapaça oval, pinças achatadas e coloração cinzenta com pequenas manchas avermelhadas
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 baú
- baús plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baú?
- Brazil /baˈu/
- Portugal /baˈu/
- Portugal /ba.ˈu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to baú
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baú in Portuguese?
baú appears 4.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).