obras
Portuguese, noun/ˈɔ.bɾɐs/
obras is spelled O-B-R-A-S (5 letters) and appears 117 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 824th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obras is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “plural of obra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cabos de laborar, escotas ou carregadeiras”.
What does obras mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplural of obra
verb
- 1
second-person singular present indicative of obrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cabos de laborar, escotas ou carregadeiras
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.
How do you pronounce obras?
- Brazil /ˈɔ.bɾɐs/
- /ˈɔ.bɾɐʃ/
- Portugal /ˈɔ.bɾɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obras in Portuguese?
obras appears 117 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).