caribenho
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɾiˈbẽ.ɲu/
caribenho is spelled C-A-R-I-B-E-N-H-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caribenho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Caribbean (a native or inhabitant of the Caribbean region)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “habitante ou natural do Caribe”.
What does caribenho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Caribbean (pertaining to the sea and region bounded by the American continent and the West Indies)
noun
- 1
masculineCaribbean (a native or inhabitant of the Caribbean region)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de ou relativo ao Caribe
noun: 1. habitante ou natural do Caribe
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 caribenho
- caribenha feminine
- caribenhos masculine plural
- caribenhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caribenho?
- Brazil /ka.ɾiˈbẽ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ka.ɾiˈbẽ.j̃u]
- Portugal /kɐ.ɾiˈbɐ(j).ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caribenho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caribenho in Portuguese?
caribenho appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).