jabá
Portuguese, noun/ʒaˈba/
jabá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a form of dried meat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carne curtida com muito sal e seca ao sol, que é uma forma de conservá-la por muito tempo”.
What does jabá mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinea form of dried meat
noun
- 1
Brazilinformalmasculinepromotion or marketing, especially self-promotion or self-marketing
- 2
Brazilinformalmasculinepayola (specifically, an illegal bribe given in exchange for playing a given music in radio and TV stations)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carne curtida com muito sal e seca ao sol, que é uma forma de conservá-la por muito tempo 2. exposição na mídia em troca de dinheiro 3. suborno
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 jabá
- jabás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jabá?
- Brazil /ʒaˈba/
- Portugal /ʒɐˈba/
- Portugal [ʒɐˈβa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jabá
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jabá in Portuguese?
jabá 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).