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cabra

Portuguese, noun/ˈka.bɾɐ/

cabra is spelled C-A-B-R-A (5 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,226th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “she-goat; nanny goat (female goat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quadrúpede mamífero e ruminante com numerosas raças selvagens”.

What does cabra mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineshe-goat; nanny goat (female goat)

  2. 2

    colloquialfemininea reckless girl

  3. 3

    feminineoffensivevulgarbitch (despicable woman)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineguy, dude

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. quadrúpede mamífero e ruminante com numerosas raças selvagens 2. fêmea do bode 3. inseto semelhante à aranha que anda sobre a água 4. guindaste pequeno

noun: 1. mestiço de negro com mulato 2. sujeito, indivíduo 3. guarda-costas

noun: 1. grupo do jogo do bicho

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 cabra

  • cabras plural
  • cabrão masculine
  • bode masculine
  • cabrões masculine plural
  • bodes masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cabra?

  • Brazil /ˈka.bɾɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈka.bɾɐ/
  • Portugal [ˈka.βɾɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cabra

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cabra in Portuguese?

cabra appears 5.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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