embuá
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.buˈa/
embuá is spelled E-M-B-U-Á (5 letters). Embuá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “millipede” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum a diversos miriápodes das famílias polidesmídeos e julídeos”.
What does embuá mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinemillipede
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum a diversos miriápodes das famílias polidesmídeos e julídeos
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 embuá
- embuás plural
- ambuá alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embuá?
- Brazil /ẽ.buˈa/
- Brazil /ẽˈbwa/
- Brazil /ĩ.buˈa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embuá
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.