pábulo
Portuguese, noun
pábulo is spelled P-Á-B-U-L-O (6 letters). Pábulo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fodder, pabulum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a subject of mocking or damnation. Without its accent, pabulo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of pabular”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sustento; alimento; pasto”.
What does pábulo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefodder, pabulum
- 2
masculinesubject of mocking or damnation
adjective
- 1
Brazilproud, arrogant, conceited
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of pabular
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é bazofeiro ou gabarola ou soberbo
noun: 1. sustento; alimento; pasto 2. o que serve de motivo, ou de assunto, para conversa geralmente maldicente 3. fátuo; pretensioso; presumido; gabarola
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 pábulo
- pábulos plural
- pábula feminine
- pábulas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).