cioba
Portuguese, noun/siˈɔ.bɐ/
cioba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe da ordem dos perciformes, do género "Lutjanus" (conhecidos como vermelho) Lutjanus analis, nativo do…”.
What does cioba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemutton snapper (Lutjanus analis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe da ordem dos perciformes, do género "Lutjanus" (conhecidos como vermelho) Lutjanus analis, nativo do Oceano Atlântico, entre o Massachusetts e São Paulo
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 cioba
- ciobas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cioba?
- Brazil /siˈɔ.bɐ/
- Brazil /ˈsjɔ.bɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsjɔ.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cioba in Portuguese?
cioba appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).