mangaba
Portuguese, noun/mɐ̃ˈɡa.bɐ/
mangaba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mangaba (fruit of the tree Hancornia speciosa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore frutífera proveniente do bioma cerrado”.
What does mangaba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemangaba (fruit of the tree Hancornia speciosa)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore frutífera proveniente do bioma cerrado 2. fruto da mangabeira; a mangabeira
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 mangaba
- mangabas plural
- mangaíba alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mangaba?
- Brazil /mɐ̃ˈɡa.bɐ/
- Portugal /mɐ̃ˈɡa.bɐ/
- Portugal [mɐ̃ˈɡa.βɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mangaba in Portuguese?
mangaba appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).