cúbito
Portuguese, noun/ˈku.bi.tu/
cúbito is spelled C-Ú-B-I-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cúbito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ulna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “denominação antiga do osso ulna”.
What does cúbito mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculineulna
- 2
masculineelbow
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. denominação antiga do osso ulna 2. antebraço 3. côvado
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 cúbito
- cúbitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cúbito?
- Brazil /ˈku.bi.tu/
- Portugal /ˈku.bi.tu/
- Portugal [ˈku.βi.tu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cúbito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cúbito in Portuguese?
cúbito appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).