handebol
Portuguese, noun/ʁẽ.d͡ʒiˈbɔw/
handebol is spelled H-A-N-D-E-B-O-L (8 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handebol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of andebol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desporto coletivo, praticado de forma semelhante ao futsal, porém com mais jogadores e com as mãos”.
What does handebol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of andebol
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. desporto coletivo, praticado de forma semelhante ao futsal, porém com mais jogadores e com as mãos
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.
How do you pronounce handebol?
- Brazil /ʁẽ.d͡ʒiˈbɔw/
- Brazil [hẽ.d͡ʒiˈbɔʊ̯]
- Brazil /ʁɐ̃.deˈbɔw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to handebol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is handebol in Portuguese?
handebol appears 5.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).