biriba
Portuguese, noun
biriba is spelled B-I-R-I-B-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Biriba is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “card game variety, precursor to canastra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, biribá is a different word: “Duguetia lanceolata”.
What does biriba mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinecard game variety, precursor to canastra
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Brazilmasculinesnack consisting of sausages and pickles on a stick, served at parties
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Brazilmasculinecharacter in bumba meu boi who chases after children using a whip
noun
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Brazilfeminineshort stick
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Brazilfemininefilly (young female horse) able to work
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Brazilfeminineused bicycle
noun
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Brazilcolloquialfemininemasculinenative or inhabitant of the montainous regions of Rio Grande do Sul
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Brazilcolloquialfemininemasculinenative or inhabitant of São Paulo
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Brazilcolloquialdatedfemininemasculinenative or inhabitant of Minas Gerais
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Brazilfemininemasculinemule herder
adjective
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Brazilfemininemasculineof, from or relating to the montainous regions of Rio Grande do Sul
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Brazilfemininemasculineof, from or relating to São Paulo
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Brazildatedfemininemasculineof, from or relating to Minas Gerais
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Brazilfemininemasculinedistrustful, mistrustful, suspicious
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Brazilfemininemasculinerelating to a short stick
noun
- 1
masculineDuguetia lanceolata
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masculinebiriba (Rollinia mucosa)
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masculinefruits of those trees
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum a várias plantas da família das anonáceas, biribazeiro 2. o fruto dessa árvore, vermelho, doce, em formato de uma de uma pinha, algo parecido com a fruta-do-conde
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 biriba
- biribas plural
- beriba alternative
- beriva alternative
- biriva alternative
- biribás plural
- beribá alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is biriba in Portuguese?
biriba appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).