piraíba
Portuguese, noun/pi.ɾaˈi.bɐ/
piraíba is spelled P-I-R-A-Í-B-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese, the 258,761st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piraíba is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brachyplatystoma filamentosum, an Amazonian fish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does piraíba mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineBrachyplatystoma filamentosum, an Amazonian fish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of piraíba
- piraíbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piraíba?
- Brazil /pi.ɾaˈi.bɐ/
- Portugal /pi.ɾɐˈi.bɐ/
- Portugal [pi.ɾɐˈi.βɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is piraíba in Portuguese?
piraíba appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).