pitomba
Portuguese, noun/piˈtõ.bɐ/
pitomba is spelled P-I-T-O-M-B-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pitomba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pitomba tree (Talisia esculenta)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta arbórea que produz fruto comestível rico em água. É típica das matas ciliares do Pantana; pitombeira”.
What does pitomba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepitomba tree (Talisia esculenta)
- 2
femininepitomba fruit
- 3
Brazilfeminineminced oath of porra
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta arbórea que produz fruto comestível rico em água. É típica das matas ciliares do Pantana; pitombeira; 2. fruta da pitombeira, pequena, com uma casca não-comestível e quebrável, um grande caroço (semente) não-comestível e uma fina camada de polpa comestível em volta da semente.
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 pitomba
- pitombas plural
- pitombo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pitomba?
- Brazil /piˈtõ.bɐ/
- Portugal /piˈtõ.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pitomba in Portuguese?
pitomba appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).