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funâmbulo

Portuguese, noun/fuˈnɐ̃.bu.lu/

funâmbulo is spelled F-U-N-Â-M-B-U-L-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese, the 255,764th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Funâmbulo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tightrope walker (acrobat who practices tightrope walking)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “artista que anda ou dança em corda bamba; equilibrista”.

What does funâmbulo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetightrope walker (acrobat who practices tightrope walking)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. artista que anda ou dança em corda bamba; equilibrista 2. aquele que muda facilmente de opinião ou partido 3. inconstante

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 funâmbulo

  • funâmbulos plural
  • funâmbula feminine
  • funâmbulas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce funâmbulo?

  • Brazil /fuˈnɐ̃.bu.lu/
  • Portugal /fuˈnɐ̃.bu.lu/

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

English words that translate to funâmbulo

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

How common is funâmbulo in Portuguese?

funâmbulo appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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