tabernáculo
Portuguese, noun/ta.beʁˈna.ku.lu/
tabernáculo is spelled T-A-B-E-R-N-Á-C-U-L-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tabernáculo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tabernacle (portable tent used before the construction of the temple)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno armário perto do altar onde se guarda a hóstia e o cálice sagrado”.
What does tabernáculo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetabernacle (portable tent used before the construction of the temple)
- 2
masculinetabernacle (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno armário perto do altar onde se guarda a hóstia e o cálice sagrado 2. tenda onde os hebreus mantinham a Arca da Aliança antes da construção do templo de Jerusalém
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 tabernáculo
- tabernáculos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tabernáculo?
- Brazil /ta.beʁˈna.ku.lu/
- Brazil [ta.beɦˈna.ku.lu]
- /ta.beɾˈna.ku.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tabernáculo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tabernáculo in Portuguese?
tabernáculo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).