gambé
Portuguese, noun/ɡɐ̃ˈbɛ/
gambé is spelled G-A-M-B-É (5 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gambé is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “policeman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “policial”.
What does gambé mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinepoliceman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. policial
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 gambé
- gambés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gambé?
- Brazil /ɡɐ̃ˈbɛ/
- Portugal /ɡɐ̃ˈbɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gambé in Portuguese?
gambé appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).