loba
Portuguese, noun
loba is spelled L-O-B-A (4 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Loba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a bitch, a slut: a sexually promiscuous woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of lobo, a she-wolf. With an accent, lôba is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “feminino de lobo (Canis lupus)”.
What does loba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of lobo, a she-wolf
- 2
derogatoryfeminineslanga bitch, a slut: a sexually promiscuous woman
noun
- 1
archaicfemininealb (a wide cassock worn by clergy)
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of loba
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feminino de lobo (Canis lupus) 2. distribuição, no carteado, em que um dos jogadores sai com o jogo completo e pode "bater" sem descarte 3. brincadeira comum nos anos 90 4. batina
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 loba
- lobas plural
- lôba alternative
- lôbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to loba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is loba in Portuguese?
loba appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).