pombal
Portuguese, noun/põˈbaw/
pombal is spelled P-O-M-B-A-L (6 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,687th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pombal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dovecote” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “columbário, local onde as pombas aninham ou se abrigam”.
What does pombal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedovecote
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado da Paraíba 2. município e freguesia portugueses do distrito de Leiria
noun: 1. columbário, local onde as pombas aninham ou se abrigam 2. casta de uva 3. conjunto de prédios de inferior qualidade
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 pombal
- pombais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pombal?
- Brazil /põˈbaw/
- Brazil [põˈbaʊ̯]
- Portugal /põˈbal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pombal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pombal in Portuguese?
pombal appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).