gabola
Portuguese, noun/ɡaˈbɔ.lɐ/
gabola is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “boaster, braggart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que gabarola”.
What does gabola mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineboaster, braggart
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. o mesmo que gabarola
noun: 1. o mesmo que gabarola
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 gabola
- gabolas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gabola?
- Brazil /ɡaˈbɔ.lɐ/
- Portugal /ɡɐˈbɔ.lɐ/
- Portugal [ɡɐˈβɔ.lɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gabola in Portuguese?
gabola appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).