gibão
Portuguese, noun/ʒiˈbɐ̃w̃/
gibão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “jerkin (a type of close-fitting collarless jacket)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamíferos da ordem dos primatas, de origem asiática, pertencentes à superfamília Hominoidea”.
What does gibão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejerkin (a type of close-fitting collarless jacket)
noun
- 1
masculinegibbon (small ape of the family Hylobatidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamíferos da ordem dos primatas, de origem asiática, pertencentes à superfamília Hominoidea 2. vestimenta de couro usada pelos vaqueiros na caatinga 3. parte da vestidura que antigamente cobria o corpo dos homens, desde o pescoço até à cintura
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 gibão
- gibões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gibão?
- Brazil /ʒiˈbɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ʒiˈbɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ʒiˈbɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gibão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gibão in Portuguese?
gibão appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).