calabouço
Portuguese, noun/ka.laˈbo(w).su/
calabouço is spelled C-A-L-A-B-O-U-Ç-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,362nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calabouço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dungeon (underground prison or vault)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “masmorra; prisão sombria e, geralmente, subterrânea”.
What does calabouço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedungeon (underground prison or vault)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. masmorra; prisão sombria e, geralmente, subterrânea 2. casa de tortura, onde eram punidos fisicamente escravos no Brasil colonial
noun: 1. espécie de podoa, foice forte com cabo curto utilizada para roçar
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 calabouço
- calabouços plural
- calaboiço alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calabouço?
- Brazil /ka.laˈbo(w).su/
- Brazil [ka.laˈbo(ʊ̯).su]
- Portugal /kɐ.lɐˈbo(w).su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calabouço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calabouço in Portuguese?
calabouço 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).