taboa
Portuguese, noun/taˈbo.ɐ/
taboa is spelled T-A-B-O-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 123,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taboa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “southern cattail (Typha domingensis, a reed native to tropical and temperate regions worldwide)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta de águas doces estancadas de inflorescência cilíndrica em penugem do género Typha”.
What does taboa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesouthern cattail (Typha domingensis, a reed native to tropical and temperate regions worldwide)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta de águas doces estancadas de inflorescência cilíndrica em penugem do género Typha
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 taboa
- taboas plural
- tabôa alternative obsolete
- tabua alternative obsolete
- tabúa alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taboa?
- Brazil /taˈbo.ɐ/
- Portugal /tɐˈbo.ɐ/
- Portugal [tɐˈβo.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to taboa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taboa in Portuguese?
taboa appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).