embocadura
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/
embocadura is spelled E-M-B-O-C-A-D-U-R-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embocadura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bit (piece of metal placed in a horse’s mouth and connected to the reins)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte de um instrumento musical onde é posta a boca; bocal”.
What does embocadura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebit (piece of metal placed in a horse’s mouth and connected to the reins)
- 2
femininemouth (the end of a river out of which water flows)
- 3
feminineembouchure (shape of the mouth and lips when playing a wind instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte de um instrumento musical onde é posta a boca; bocal 2. técnica e maneira de posicionar a boca corretamente sobre o bocal de um instrumento musical 3. foz ou boca de um rio 4. entrada de uma rua
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 embocadura
- embocaduras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embocadura?
- Brazil /ẽ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil /ĩ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /ẽ.bu.kɐˈdu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embocadura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embocadura in Portuguese?
embocadura appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).