jatobá
Portuguese, noun/ʒa.toˈba/
jatobá is spelled J-A-T-O-B-Á (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jatobá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “courbaril (a South American tree, Hymenaea courbaril)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore nativa do Brasil com pequenas flores brancas e frutos negros com polpa farinácea comestível e cujo…”.
What does jatobá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecourbaril (a South American tree, Hymenaea courbaril)
- 2
masculinethe wood of this tree, highly desirable because of its hardness
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore nativa do Brasil com pequenas flores brancas e frutos negros com polpa farinácea comestível e cujo tronco fornece resina própria para a fabricação de verniz; seu nome científico é Hymenaea courbaril 2. a madeira dessa árvore
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Maranhão 2. município brasileiro do estado de Pernambuco
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 jatobá
- jatobás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jatobá?
- Brazil /ʒa.toˈba/
- Portugal /ʒɐ.tuˈba/
- Portugal [ʒɐ.tuˈβa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jatobá in Portuguese?
jatobá appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).