canibal
Portuguese, noun/ka.niˈbaw/
canibal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cannibal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “selvagem que come carne humana”.
What does canibal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecannibal
noun
- 1
masculinecannibal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. selvagem que come carne humana 2. homem feroz 3. animal que devora outro da mesma espécie
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 canibal
- canibais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canibal?
- Brazil /ka.niˈbaw/
- Brazil [ka.niˈbaʊ̯]
- Portugal /kɐ.niˈbal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canibal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canibal in Portuguese?
canibal 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).