cabaceira
Portuguese, noun/ka.baˈse(j).ɾɐ/
cabaceira is spelled C-A-B-A-C-E-I-R-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabaceira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gourd (any of the vines producing fruit with hard rind)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta das Cucurbitaceae cultivada que produz a cabaça”.
What does cabaceira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegourd (any of the vines producing fruit with hard rind)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta das Cucurbitaceae cultivada que produz a cabaça
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 cabaceira
- cabaceiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabaceira?
- Brazil /ka.baˈse(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ka.baˈse(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /kɐ.bɐˈsɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cabaceira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cabaceira in Portuguese?
cabaceira appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).