mancebo
Portuguese, noun/mɐ̃ˈse.bu/
mancebo is spelled M-A-N-C-E-B-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mancebo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “boy (young male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo jovem”.
What does mancebo mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculineboy (young male)
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinecoat stand, coat rack
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. indivíduo jovem 2. rapaz 3. moço 4. moçoilo
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 mancebo
- mancebos plural
- manceba feminine
- mancebas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mancebo?
- Brazil /mɐ̃ˈse.bu/
- Portugal /mɐ̃ˈse.bu/
- Portugal [mɐ̃ˈse.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 mancebo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mancebo in Portuguese?
mancebo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).