nabo
Portuguese, noun/ˈna.bu/
nabo is spelled N-A-B-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nabo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “turnip (Brassica rapa or its root)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta herbácea da espécie Brassica rapa, de raiz carnuda, branca, arredondada ou pontiaguda com variedades…”.
What does nabo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineturnip (Brassica rapa or its root)
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineidiot
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta herbácea da espécie Brassica rapa, de raiz carnuda, branca, arredondada ou pontiaguda com variedades muito cultivadas para a alimentação 2. o tubérculo dessa planta, também conhecido por cabeça de nabo 3. pessoa estúpida, ignorante 4. genitália masculina
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 nabo
- nabos plural
- naba feminine
- nabas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nabo?
- Brazil /ˈna.bu/
- Portugal /ˈna.bu/
- Portugal [ˈna.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 nabo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nabo in Portuguese?
nabo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).