cábula
Portuguese, noun
cábula is spelled C-Á-B-U-L-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 79,437th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cábula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cheat sheet (notes used to assist on a test)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, cabula is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ato de faltar às aulas”.
What does cábula mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininecheat sheet (notes used to assist on a test)
- 2
femininesomebody who is cunning or deceitful
- 3
Brazilfeminineinformalbad luck
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. seita afro-brasileira 2. montão de feixes de trigo, de vides, etc.
adjective: 1. diz-se do estudante que falta às aulas para vadiar 2. ardiloso, manhoso; aquele que foge ao serviço 3. azarado, sem sorte
noun: 1. o ato de faltar às aulas 2. o ato de esforçar-se pouco nos estudos; mandriice 3. ardil, manha para fugir a um serviço 4. azar, má sorte
noun: 1. estudante pouco assíduo às aulas 2. indivíduo que se esquiva a cumprir as suas obrigações 3. enguiçador
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 cábula
- cábulas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is cábula in Portuguese?
cábula appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).