núbil
Portuguese, adjective/ˈnu.biw/
núbil is spelled N-Ú-B-I-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese, the 172,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Núbil is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “nubile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em idade de casar”.
What does núbil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinenubile
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. em idade de casar
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 núbil
- núbeis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce núbil?
- Brazil /ˈnu.biw/
- Brazil [ˈnu.biʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈnu.bil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to núbil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is núbil in Portuguese?
núbil appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).