rocambole
Portuguese, noun/ʁo.kɐ̃ˈbɔ.li/
rocambole is spelled R-O-C-A-M-B-O-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,841st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rocambole is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Swiss roll (a type of sponge cake roll)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bolo recheado, enrolado e cortado em fatias transversais”.
What does rocambole mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineSwiss roll (a type of sponge cake roll)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bolo recheado, enrolado e cortado em fatias transversais
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 rocambole
- rocamboles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rocambole?
- Brazil /ʁo.kɐ̃ˈbɔ.li/
- Brazil [ho.kɐ̃ˈbɔ.li]
- /ʁo.kɐ̃ˈbɔ.li/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rocambole in Portuguese?
rocambole 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).