cambada
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃ˈba.dɐ/
cambada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bunch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porção de objetos pendurados ou mantidos juntos por um fio”.
What does cambada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebunch
Uma cambada de gente.
- 2
femininegang, pack, herd
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. porção de objetos pendurados ou mantidos juntos por um fio 2. substantivo coletivo de caranguejos, peixes ou chaves pendurados juntos 3. número significativo de pessoas 4. choldra
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 cambada
- cambadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cambada?
- Brazil /kɐ̃ˈba.dɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ̃ˈba.dɐ/
- Portugal [kɐ̃ˈba.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cambada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cambada in Portuguese?
cambada appears 1.0 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).