chibata
Portuguese, noun/ʃiˈba.tɐ/
chibata is spelled C-H-I-B-A-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 65,361st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chibata is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cane (a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of chibatar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chicote, relho”.
What does chibata mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecane (a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment)
- 2
feminineslangvulgarpenis
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chicote, relho 2. vara 3. pênis 4. gramínea (Chusquea baculifera); bengala-de-folha-larga, bengala-grande, chibata-grande
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 chibata
- chibatas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chibata?
- Brazil /ʃiˈba.tɐ/
- Portugal /ʃiˈba.tɐ/
- Portugal [ʃiˈβa.tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chibata
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chibata in Portuguese?
chibata 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).