pajubá
Portuguese, noun/pa.ʒuˈba/
pajubá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Pajubá (a Brazilian cryptolect spoken by adherents of African-Brazilian religions and by the Brazilian LGBT community)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de socioleto ou dialeto oriundo da união de termos de diversas línguas da África Ocidental falados…”.
What does pajubá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePajubá (a Brazilian cryptolect spoken by adherents of African-Brazilian religions and by the Brazilian LGBT community)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de socioleto ou dialeto oriundo da união de termos de diversas línguas da África Ocidental falados pelos negros escravizados chegados ao Brasil originalmente restrito a grupos de religiões de matriz africana, e que eventualmente se expandiu à comunidade LGBT brasileira
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 pajubá
- bajubá alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pajubá?
- Brazil /pa.ʒuˈba/
- Portugal /pɐ.ʒuˈba/
- Portugal [pɐ.ʒuˈβa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pajubá in Portuguese?
pajubá appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).