retábulo
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈta.bu.lu/
retábulo is spelled R-E-T-Á-B-U-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,059th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retábulo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “altarpiece” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “construção de pedra ou madeira na parte posterior do altar com quadro ou assunto religioso”.
What does retábulo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealtarpiece
- 2
masculineretable
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. construção de pedra ou madeira na parte posterior do altar com quadro ou assunto religioso 2. painel ou quadro de altar
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 retábulo
- retábulos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retábulo?
- Brazil /ʁeˈta.bu.lu/
- Brazil [heˈta.bu.lu]
- /ʁeˈta.bu.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retábulo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retábulo in Portuguese?
retábulo appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).