caubói
Portuguese, noun/kawˈbɔj/
caubói is spelled C-A-U-B-Ó-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caubói is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cowboy (person who tends cattle, especially in the American West)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “personagem de filmes de faroeste”.
What does caubói mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecowboy (person who tends cattle, especially in the American West)
- 2
masculinecowboy (a man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. personagem de filmes de faroeste 2. homem que monta os animais (cavalos e touros) para domá-los ou para apresentações em rodeios 3. pessoa que tem como profissão cuidar de rebanhos de bois
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 caubói
- caubóis plural
- cobói alternative
- cowboy alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caubói?
- Brazil /kawˈbɔj/
- Brazil [kaʊ̯ˈbɔɪ̯]
- Portugal /kawˈbɔj/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caubói
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caubói in Portuguese?
caubói appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).