tupinambá
Portuguese, noun/tu.pi.nɐ̃ˈba/
tupinambá is spelled T-U-P-I-N-A-M-B-Á (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,683rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tupinambá is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Tupinambá (member of the Tupinambá people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande etnia e nação de índios que viviam no litoral do Brasil, da qual faziam parte, dentre outros, os…”.
What does tupinambá mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineTupinambá
noun
- 1
femininemasculineTupinambá (member of the Tupinambá people)
noun
- 1
datedmasculineTupinambá language
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à etnia ou nação tupinambá
noun: 1. grande etnia e nação de índios que viviam no litoral do Brasil, da qual faziam parte, dentre outros, os tamoios, os temiminós, os tupiniquins, os potiguara, os tabajaras, os caetés, os amoipiras, os tupinás (tupinaê), os aricobés e um grupo também chamado de tupinambá 2. chefe, mandachuva
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 tupinambá
- tupinambás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tupinambá?
- Brazil /tu.pi.nɐ̃ˈba/
- Portugal /tu.pi.nɐ̃ˈba/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tupinambá in Portuguese?
tupinambá appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).