timba
Portuguese, noun/ˈtĩ.bɐ/
timba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “aardvark (Orycteropus afer, a mammal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero tubulidentado nativo das savanas africanas (Orycteropus afer)”.
What does timba mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaardvark (Orycteropus afer, a mammal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero tubulidentado nativo das savanas africanas (Orycteropus afer) 2. pênis, órgão genital masculino
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 timba
- timbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce timba?
- Brazil /ˈtĩ.bɐ/
- Brazil /"ti~.b6/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to timba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is timba in Portuguese?
timba appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).