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suba

Portuguese, noun/ˈsu.bɐ/

suba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “an increase in price” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of subir.

What does suba mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininean increase in price

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo subir 2. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo subir 3. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo subir

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 suba

  • subas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce suba?

  • Brazil /ˈsu.bɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈsu.bɐ/
  • Portugal [ˈsu.βɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is suba in Portuguese?

suba appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).