canábis
Portuguese, noun
canábis is spelled C-A-N-Á-B-I-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 89,875th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canábis is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “European Portuguese form of cânabis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, cânabis is a different word: “cannabis (plant)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Cannabis, género botânico”.
What does canábis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineEuropean Portuguese form of cânabis
noun
- 1
femininecannabis (plant)
- 2
femininecannabis (drug)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que pé-de-maconha
noun: 1. Cannabis, género botânico 2. droga psicoativa
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 canábis
- canábis alternative
- canabe alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to canábis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canábis in Portuguese?
canábis appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).