soba
Portuguese, noun
soba is spelled S-O-B-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soba is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “soba (a traditional community leader in Angola.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, sobá is a different word: “a dish from the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul made with wheat…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chefe tribal africano”.
What does soba mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesoba (a traditional community leader in Angola.)
noun
- 1
masculinesoba (Japanese buckwheat noodle)
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinea dish from the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul made with wheat noodles, beef, green onion, and omelette strips
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chefe tribal africano 2. forma alternativa de sobá
noun: 1. prato japonês, originário de Okinawa, feito com macarrão, carne suína, ovo e cebolinha; tradicionalmente degustado na passagem do ano
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 soba
- sobas plural
- sobás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to soba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soba in Portuguese?
soba 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).