fubá
Portuguese, noun/fuˈba/
fubá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a flour made with milled corn or rice pertaining to the Brazilian cuisine, often combined with corn meal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “farinha de milho”.
What does fubá mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinea flour made with milled corn or rice pertaining to the Brazilian cuisine, often combined with corn meal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farinha de milho 2. farinha de arroz
noun: 1. cesto-peneira para passar a fuba
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.
How do you pronounce fubá?
- Brazil /fuˈba/
- Portugal /fuˈba/
- Portugal [fuˈβa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fubá
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fubá in Portuguese?
fubá appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).