cabedelo
Portuguese, noun/ka.beˈdɛ.lu/
cabedelo is spelled C-A-B-E-D-E-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabedelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mouth bar (sediment deposit in a river delta)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “barra de areia na foz de um rio”.
What does cabedelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemouth bar (sediment deposit in a river delta)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado da Paraíba
noun: 1. barra de areia na foz de um rio
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 cabedelo
- cabedelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabedelo?
- Brazil /ka.beˈdɛ.lu/
- Portugal /kɐ.bɨˈdɛ.lu/
- Portugal [kɐ.βɨˈðɛ.lu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cabedelo in Portuguese?
cabedelo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).