rabaça
Portuguese, noun/ʁaˈba.sɐ/
rabaça is spelled R-A-B-A-Ç-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese, the 156,173rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rabaça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “unripe fruit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “algumas plantas que crescem em terrenos com água recebem este nome, a rabaça-dos-rios”.
What does rabaça mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineunripe fruit
- 2
derogatoryfeminineinformala useless or stupid person.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. algumas plantas que crescem em terrenos com água recebem este nome, a rabaça-dos-rios 2. fruta verde
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 rabaça
- rabaçal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rabaça?
- Brazil /ʁaˈba.sɐ/
- Brazil [haˈba.sɐ]
- /ʁaˈba.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rabaça in Portuguese?
rabaça appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).