morubixaba
Portuguese, noun/mo.ɾu.biˈʃa.bɐ/
morubixaba is spelled M-O-R-U-B-I-X-A-B-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese, the 195,116th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Morubixaba is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “morubixaba” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “líder de tribo entre os indígenas sul-americanos”.
What does morubixaba mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemorubixaba
- 2
Brazilinformalmasculineboss; bigwig; head honcho (head of an organization, the person in charge)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. líder de tribo entre os indígenas sul-americanos
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 morubixaba
- morubixabas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce morubixaba?
- Brazil /mo.ɾu.biˈʃa.bɐ/
- Portugal /mu.ɾu.biˈʃa.bɐ/
- Portugal [mu.ɾu.βiˈʃa.βɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to morubixaba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is morubixaba in Portuguese?
morubixaba appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).