quiabo
Portuguese, noun/kiˈa.bu/
quiabo is spelled Q-U-I-A-B-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quiabo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “okra, Abelmoschus esculentus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família da malva cujo fruto é uma cápsula fibrosa cheia de sementes brancas redondas, muito…”.
What does quiabo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineokra, Abelmoschus esculentus
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta da família da malva cujo fruto é uma cápsula fibrosa cheia de sementes brancas redondas, muito utilizado em culinária antes da maturação 2. fruto do quiabeiro
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 quiabo
- quiabos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quiabo?
- Brazil /kiˈa.bu/
- Brazil /ˈkja.bu/
- Portugal /ˈkja.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quiabo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quiabo in Portuguese?
quiabo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).