chumbada
Portuguese, noun/ʃũˈba.dɐ/
chumbada is spelled C-H-U-M-B-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chumbada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sinker (weight used in fishing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of chumbado.
What does chumbada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesinker (weight used in fishing)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of chumbado
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of chumbado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of chumbada
- chumbadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chumbada?
- Brazil /ʃũˈba.dɐ/
- Portugal /ʃũˈba.dɐ/
- Portugal [ʃũˈba.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chumbada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chumbada in Portuguese?
chumbada appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).