rabeca
Portuguese, noun/ʁaˈbɛ.kɐ/
rabeca is spelled R-A-B-E-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rabeca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fiddle (simple, traditional violin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “antiga denominação do violino”.
What does rabeca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefiddle (simple, traditional violin)
- 2
femininerebec (an early pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. antiga denominação do violino 2. instrumento musical de quatro cordas, musicalidade fanhosa e tocado com arco 3. apoio para o braço ou o taco utilizado em algumas jogadas difíceis de bilhar 4. tipo de vela latina
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 rabeca
- rabecas plural
- rebeca alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rabeca?
- Brazil /ʁaˈbɛ.kɐ/
- Brazil [haˈbɛ.kɐ]
- /ʁaˈbɛ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rabeca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rabeca in Portuguese?
rabeca appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).