siriúba
Portuguese, noun/si.ɾiˈu.bɐ/
siriúba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “black mangrove (Avicennia germinans, a tree of the Americas and western Africa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does siriúba mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblack mangrove (Avicennia germinans, a tree of the Americas and western Africa)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of siriúba
- siriúbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce siriúba?
- Brazil /si.ɾiˈu.bɐ/
- Brazil /siˈɾju.bɐ/
- Portugal /siˈɾju.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is siriúba in Portuguese?
siriúba appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).