jabuticaba
Portuguese, noun/ʒaˌbu.t͡ʃiˈka.bɐ/
jabuticaba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “jaboticaba (fruit of the jaboticaba tree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruto de coloração exterior negra, que se obtém da jaboticabeira ou da jabuticabeira”.
What does jabuticaba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejaboticaba (fruit of the jaboticaba tree)
- 2
femininejaboticaba tree (Myrciaria cauliflora)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fruto de coloração exterior negra, que se obtém da jaboticabeira ou da jabuticabeira 2. mulher que tem a cor da pele escura 3. algo problemático criado no contexto da, e circunspecto à, sociedade brasileira
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 jabuticaba
- jabuticabas plural
- jaboticaba alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jabuticaba?
- Brazil /ʒaˌbu.t͡ʃiˈka.bɐ/
- Brazil /ˌʒa.bu.t͡ʃiˈka.bɐ/
- Portugal /ʒa.bu.tiˈka.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jabuticaba in Portuguese?
jabuticaba 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).