sambaqui
Portuguese, noun/sɐ̃.baˈki/
sambaqui is spelled S-A-M-B-A-Q-U-I (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 106,884th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sambaqui is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sambaqui” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “colina resultante da acumulação de conchas, cascas de ostras e outros restos de cozinha dos habitantes…”.
What does sambaqui mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinesambaqui
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. colina resultante da acumulação de conchas, cascas de ostras e outros restos de cozinha dos habitantes pré-históricos do Brasil; encontram-se sambaquis ao longo da costa (sambaquis costeiros ou marinhos), à margem de rios (sambaquis fluviais) e até em pontos distantes das águas (sambaquis centrais)
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 sambaqui
- sambaquis plural
- samauqui alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sambaqui?
- Brazil /sɐ̃.baˈki/
- Portugal /sɐ̃.bɐˈki/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sambaqui in Portuguese?
sambaqui appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).