tuba
Portuguese, noun/ˈtu.bɐ/
tuba is spelled T-U-B-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,839th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tuba (a large brass musical instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento musical de metal de grande porte, geralmente no intervalo grave, tocado através da vibração dos…”.
What does tuba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetuba (a large brass musical instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento musical de metal de grande porte, geralmente no intervalo grave, tocado através da vibração dos lábios sobre o bocal e do dedilhado das teclas 2. estilo épico
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 tuba
- tubas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tuba?
- Brazil /ˈtu.bɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtu.bɐ/
- Portugal [ˈtu.βɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tuba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tuba in Portuguese?
tuba 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).