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tebano

Portuguese, noun/teˈbɐ̃.nu/

tebano is spelled T-E-B-A-N-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tebano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Theban (person from Thebes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural ou habitante de Tebas”.

What does tebano mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Theban (of or relating to Thebes)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineTheban (person from Thebes)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. de Tebas (cidade da Grécia antiga)

noun: 1. natural ou habitante de Tebas

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 tebano

  • tebana feminine
  • tebanos masculine plural
  • tebanas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce tebano?

  • Brazil /teˈbɐ̃.nu/
  • Portugal /tɨˈbɐ.nu/
  • Portugal [tɨˈβɐ.nu]

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

English words that translate to tebano

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

How common is tebano in Portuguese?

tebano appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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