mandíbula
Portuguese, noun/mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi.bu.lɐ/
mandíbula is spelled M-A-N-D-Í-B-U-L-A (9 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandíbula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “jaw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “componente móvel do crânio que forma a parte inferior da cabeça”.
What does mandíbula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejaw
- 2
femininemandible, the lower jawbone
- 3
femininemandible of an anthropod
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. componente móvel do crânio que forma a parte inferior da cabeça
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 mandíbula
- mandíbulas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mandíbula?
- Brazil /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi.bu.lɐ/
- Portugal /mɐ̃ˈdi.bu.lɐ/
- Portugal [mɐ̃ˈdi.βu.lɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mandíbula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mandíbula in Portuguese?
mandíbula appears 3.0 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).