tchibum

Portuguese, interjection/t͡ʃiˈbũ/

tchibum is a Portuguese interjection meaning “splash (the sound made by an object hitting a liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does tchibum mean in English?

interjection

1
splash (the sound made by an object hitting a liquid)

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

How do you pronounce tchibum?

Brazil /t͡ʃiˈbũ/
Portugal /t͡ʃiˈbũ/
Portugal [t͡ʃiˈβũ]

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

English words that translate to tchibum

splash

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tchibum in Portuguese?

tchibum appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.

tchibum0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

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