tribo
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾi.bu/
tribo is spelled T-R-I-B-O (5 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,625th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tribo is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “one of the three original tribes of Rome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada um dos doze povos descendentes de Jacó, segundo o relato da Bíblia”.
What does tribo mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineone of the three original tribes of Rome
- 2
feminineone of the twelve tribes of Israel
- 3
feminineinformaltribe, subculture (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs)
- 4
femininetribe (rank between family and genus)
prefix
- 1
tribo-
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nos povos primitivos ou da Antiguidade, cada uma das divisões mantidas, em que se conservavam uma origem ou ancestral comum 2. cada um dos doze povos descendentes de Jacó, segundo o relato da Bíblia 3. as primeiras divisões políticas de Roma (Ramnes, Titii e Luceres); esta designação foi posteriormente ampliada, significando cada uma das 30 (depois 35) cúrias em que se dividiam os plebeus 4. divisão abaixo da sub-família, e acima do gênero segundo a classificação das espécies proposta pelo biólogo Lineu
noun: 1. esperteza 2. logro
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 tribo
- tribos plural
- tríbu alternative
- tribu alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tribo?
- Brazil /ˈtɾi.bu/
- Portugal /ˈtɾi.bu/
- Portugal [ˈtɾi.βu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tribo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tribo in Portuguese?
tribo appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).