umbigada
Portuguese, noun/ũ.biˈɡa.dɐ/
umbigada is spelled U-M-B-I-G-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umbigada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “region around the navel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “modo jocoso de dançar o forró ou a gafieira em que os pares dão barrigadas um no outro”.
What does umbigada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineregion around the navel
- 2
femininebelly-bump
- 3
femininechoreography used in various African or Afro-Brazilian dances
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. modo jocoso de dançar o forró ou a gafieira em que os pares dão barrigadas um no outro. 2. pancada com o umbigo 3. região do umbigo 4. dança de roda de origem banto em que o solista dá uma pancada de umbigo no dançarno escolhido para substituí-lo no centro da roda.
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 umbigada
- umbigadas plural
- um.bi.ga.da canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce umbigada?
- Brazil /ũ.biˈɡa.dɐ/
- Portugal /ũ.biˈɡa.dɐ/
- Portugal [ũ.biˈɣa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is umbigada in Portuguese?
umbigada appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).