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rabada

Portuguese, noun/ʁaˈba.dɐ/

rabada is spelled R-A-B-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 86,274th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rabada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tail swipe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does rabada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetail swipe

  2. 2

    femininesmall piece of hair that hangs on one's nape

  3. 3

    femininetailhead

  4. 4

    femininetailfan

  5. 5

    femininefishtail

  6. 6

    colloquialfemininebuttocks

  7. 7

    femininerump (cut of beef)

  8. 8

    femininedish made with the tail of an animal

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of rabada

  • rabadas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rabada?

  • Brazil /ʁaˈba.dɐ/
  • Brazil [haˈba.dɐ]
  • /ʁaˈba.dɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to rabada

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is rabada in Portuguese?

rabada appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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