colubrina
Portuguese, noun/ko.luˈbɾĩ.nɐ/
colubrina is spelled C-O-L-U-B-R-I-N-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese, the 255,764th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colubrina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “culverin (an early type of handgun)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espada de lâmina sinuosa”.
What does colubrina mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineculverin (an early type of handgun)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espada de lâmina sinuosa 2. espécie de espingarda primitiva, de canhão longo e fino, que era disparada prendendo uma mecha 3. espécie de canhão naval ou de defensa de uma praça 4. briónia (Brionia dioica)
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 colubrina
- colubrinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colubrina?
- Brazil /ko.luˈbɾĩ.nɐ/
- Portugal /ku.luˈbɾi.nɐ/
- Portugal [ku.luˈβɾi.nɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colubrina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colubrina in Portuguese?
colubrina appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).