siba
Portuguese, noun/ˈsi.bɐ/
siba is spelled S-I-B-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Siba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cuttlebone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “molusco cefalópode marinho, de característica concha interna, Sepia (Sepia) officinalis”.
What does siba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecuttlebone
- 2
femininecuttlefish (any squid-like mollusc of the genus Sepia)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. molusco cefalópode marinho, de característica concha interna, Sepia (Sepia) officinalis
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 siba
- sibas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce siba?
- Brazil /ˈsi.bɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsi.bɐ/
- Portugal [ˈsi.βɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to siba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is siba in Portuguese?
siba appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).