lavabo
Portuguese, noun/laˈva.bu/
lavabo is spelled L-A-V-A-B-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,841st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lavabo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lavabo (washbasin, especially one used for ceremonious washing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “oração que o sacerdote reza ao lavar os dedos durante a missa”.
What does lavabo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelavabo (washbasin, especially one used for ceremonious washing)
- 2
masculinelavatory (room containing a toilet)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. oração que o sacerdote reza ao lavar os dedos durante a missa 2. lavatório fixo em uma parede, para fim higiênico 3. local em que se encontram desses lavatórios
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 lavabo
- lavabos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lavabo?
- Brazil /laˈva.bu/
- Portugal /lɐˈva.bu/
- Portugal [lɐˈva.βu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lavabo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lavabo in Portuguese?
lavabo 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).