berimbau
Portuguese, noun/be.ɾĩˈbaw/
berimbau is spelled B-E-R-I-M-B-A-U (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,308th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Berimbau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “berimbau” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento musical de origem africana utilizado em rodas de capoeira e em manifestações religiosas de cunho…”.
What does berimbau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineberimbau
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento musical de origem africana utilizado em rodas de capoeira e em manifestações religiosas de cunho africano 2. pénis
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 berimbau
- berimbaus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce berimbau?
- Brazil /be.ɾĩˈbaw/
- Brazil [be.ɾĩˈbaʊ̯]
- Brazil /bi.ɾĩˈbaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to berimbau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is berimbau in Portuguese?
berimbau 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).