emboaba
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.boˈa.bɐ/
emboaba is spelled E-M-B-O-A-B-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese, the 180,215th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emboaba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Nickname given in Colonial Brazil by bandeirantes and their descendants to Portuguese and other outsiders lured by gold and precious stones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que migrava, na época do Brasil Colônia, para a região das Minas Gerais em busca de ouro”.
What does emboaba mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilderogatoryfemininemasculineNickname given in Colonial Brazil by bandeirantes and their descendants to Portuguese and other outsiders lured by gold and precious stones.
adjective
- 1
BrazilfemininemasculineAny foreign individual, especially Portuguese.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que migrava, na época do Brasil Colônia, para a região das Minas Gerais em busca de ouro 2. migrante da "corrida do ouro" na época colonial
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 emboaba
- emboabas plural
- boaba alternative
- boava alternative
- buava alternative
- emboava alternative
- embuaba alternative
- embuava alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emboaba?
- Brazil /ẽ.boˈa.bɐ/
- Brazil /ĩ.boˈa.bɐ/
- Portugal /ẽˈbwa.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is emboaba in Portuguese?
emboaba appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).