rabona
Portuguese, noun/ʁaˈbõ.nɐ/
rabona is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “short coat with tails” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does rabona mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshort coat with tails
- 2
Brazilcolloquialmasculinesoldier’s wife
noun
- 1
femininerabona
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of rabona
- rabonas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rabona?
- Brazil /ʁaˈbõ.nɐ/
- Brazil [haˈbõ.nɐ]
- /ʁaˈbõ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rabona
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rabona in Portuguese?
rabona appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).