ribalta
Portuguese, noun/ʁiˈbaw.tɐ/
ribalta is spelled R-I-B-A-L-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,230th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ribalta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “limelight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fila de luzes à frente do palco, entre o pano de boca e o lugar destinado à orquestra”.
What does ribalta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelimelight
- 2
femininestage; forestage
- 3
femininelimelight
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fila de luzes à frente do palco, entre o pano de boca e o lugar destinado à orquestra 2. grande destaque, atenção de todos, alvo de atenções
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 ribalta
- ribaltas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ribalta?
- Brazil /ʁiˈbaw.tɐ/
- Brazil [hiˈbaʊ̯.tɐ]
- /ʁiˈbaw.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ribalta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ribalta in Portuguese?
ribalta appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).