hibisco
Portuguese, noun/iˈbis.ku/
hibisco is spelled H-I-B-I-S-C-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hibisco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hibiscus (a flower of the genus Hibiscus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome vulgar da Hibiscus sp”.
What does hibisco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehibiscus (a flower of the genus Hibiscus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome vulgar da Hibiscus sp 2. gênero de plantas malváceas a que pertence a rosa-da-china
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 hibisco
- hibiscos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hibisco?
- Brazil /iˈbis.ku/
- /iˈbiʃ.ku/
- Portugal /iˈbiʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hibisco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hibisco in Portuguese?
hibisco appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).