peba
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɛ.bɐ/
peba is spelled P-E-B-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,861st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peba is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “The six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “redução de tatupeba, um tatu amarronzado e de pelos esparsos na carapaça (Euphractus sexcinctus)”.
What does peba mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculinelow-quality; unimportant; worthless
- 2
Brazilfemininemasculinerareflat (having a flattened shape)
noun
- 1
masculineThe six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus.
- 2
masculineA fish in the robalo family, Centropomus paralellus.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. alongado, achatado 2. de má qualidade, sem valor, ordinário
noun: 1. redução de tatupeba, um tatu amarronzado e de pelos esparsos na carapaça (Euphractus sexcinctus) 2. peixe de flancos e ventre prateado (Centropomus paralellus), encontrado em águas salobras e rios; robalo 3. na gíria policial, estereótipo correspondente ao delinquente urbano
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 peba
- pebas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peba?
- Brazil /ˈpɛ.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is peba in Portuguese?
peba appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).