labuta
Portuguese, noun/laˈbu.tɐ/
labuta is spelled L-A-B-U-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,308th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Labuta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “labour, toil, drudgery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of labutar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou efeito de labutar”.
What does labuta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelabour, toil, drudgery
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou efeito de labutar 2. labor, faina, lida, trabalho árduo
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 labuta
- labutas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce labuta?
- Brazil /laˈbu.tɐ/
- Portugal /lɐˈbu.tɐ/
- Portugal [lɐˈβu.tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to labuta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is labuta in Portuguese?
labuta appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).