decúbito
Portuguese, noun/deˈku.bi.tu/
decúbito is spelled D-E-C-Ú-B-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 91,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decúbito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “decubitus (the position assumed when lying down)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a posição deitada, em repouso na horizontal”.
What does decúbito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedecubitus (the position assumed when lying down)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a posição deitada, em repouso na horizontal
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 decúbito
- decúbitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decúbito?
- Brazil /deˈku.bi.tu/
- Portugal /dɨˈku.bi.tu/
- Portugal [dɨˈku.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 decúbito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decúbito in Portuguese?
decúbito appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).