gleba
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡlɛ.bɐ/
gleba is spelled G-L-E-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,230th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gleba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “arable land; soil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terreno próprio para cultivo; torrão”.
What does gleba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearable land; soil
- 2
femininea part of a territory that still needs to be judicially divided
- 3
feminineone's own place of origin; motherland
- 4
femininea terrain that has not been urbanized
- 5
femininea terrain containing ores
- 6
femininefeud
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. terreno próprio para cultivo; torrão 2. porção de terra não urbanizada 3. terreno onde se encontra minério 4. feudo a que os servos estavam ligados
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 gleba
- glebas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gleba?
- Brazil /ˈɡlɛ.bɐ/
- Portugal /ˈɡlɛ.bɐ/
- Portugal [ˈɡlɛ.βɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gleba in Portuguese?
gleba appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).