caba
Portuguese, noun/ˈka.bɐ/
caba is spelled C-A-B-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “wasp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome genérico das vespas sociais ou da espécie de abelha vulgarmente chamada maribondo”.
What does caba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewasp
noun
- 1
masculineeye dialect spelling of cabra (“guy, dude”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome genérico das vespas sociais ou da espécie de abelha vulgarmente chamada maribondo
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 caba
- cabas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caba?
- Brazil /ˈka.bɐ/
- Portugal /ˈka.bɐ/
- Portugal [ˈka.βɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caba in Portuguese?
caba appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).