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fíbula

Portuguese, noun/ˈfi.bu.lɐ/

fíbula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fibula” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “osso localizado na face externa da perna que fica do lado exterior em relação à tíbia”.

What does fíbula mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefibula

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. osso localizado na face externa da perna que fica do lado exterior em relação à tíbia 2. alfinete ou pequena fivela com que desde a antiguidade se prendem as vestes 3. jugo

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 fíbula

  • fíbulas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fíbula?

  • Brazil /ˈfi.bu.lɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈfi.bu.lɐ/
  • Portugal [ˈfi.βu.lɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fíbula

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fíbula in Portuguese?

fíbula appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).