geba
Portuguese, noun/ˈʒe.bɐ/
geba is spelled G-E-B-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hump” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of gebo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “giba, corcunda”.
What does geba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehump
- 2
datedfeminineold hunchbacked woman
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of gebo
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. giba, corcunda 2. mulher velha e feia
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 geba
- gebas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geba?
- Brazil /ˈʒe.bɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʒe.bɐ/
- Portugal [ˈʒe.βɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is geba in Portuguese?
geba appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).