piaçaba
Portuguese, noun/pi.aˈsa.bɐ/
piaçaba is spelled P-I-A-Ç-A-B-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 136,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piaçaba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian palm trees Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “as espécies de palmeira Attalea funifera e Leopoldinia piassaba”.
What does piaçaba mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineBrazilian palm trees Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba
- 2
femininefibrous product of these trees, formerly used in making brooms and for other purposes
noun
- 1
femininemasculinetoilet brush
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. as espécies de palmeira Attalea funifera e Leopoldinia piassaba 2. fibra palmeira, de que se fazem vassouras, cordas etc. 3. vassoura feita dessa fibra
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 piaçaba
- piaçabas plural
- piaçava alternative
- piaçá alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piaçaba?
- Brazil /pi.aˈsa.bɐ/
- Brazil /pjaˈsa.bɐ/
- Portugal /pjaˈsa.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is piaçaba in Portuguese?
piaçaba appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).