timbo
Portuguese, noun/ˈt͡ʃĩ.bu/
timbo is a Portuguese masculine 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 timbo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaardvark (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)
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Santa Catarina
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 timbo
- timbos plural
- jimbo alternative
- timba alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce timbo?
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃĩ.bu/
- Portugal /ˈtĩ.bu/
- Brazil /ˈtĩ.bʊ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to timbo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is timbo in Portuguese?
timbo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).