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jaburu

Portuguese, noun/ʒa.buˈɾu/

jaburu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave ciconiforme da família Ciconiidae”.

What does jaburu mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinejabiru (Jabiru mycteria)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ave ciconiforme da família Ciconiidae 2. pessoa feia ou desajeitada

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 jaburu

  • jaburus plural
  • jabiru alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce jaburu?

  • Brazil /ʒa.buˈɾu/
  • Portugal /ʒɐ.buˈɾu/
  • Portugal [ʒɐ.βuˈɾu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to jaburu

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is jaburu in Portuguese?

jaburu 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).