wasabi
Portuguese, noun/waˈsa.bi/
wasabi is spelled W-A-S-A-B-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wasabi is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “wasabi (pungent Japanese condiment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de planta da família da raiz-forte (Eutrema japonicum)”.
What does wasabi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewasabi (pungent Japanese condiment)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de planta da família da raiz-forte (Eutrema japonicum) 2. pasta ou tempero preparado com os rizomas ralados desta planta 3. tempero que imita wasabi, feito de raiz-forte (Armoracia rusticana), corante verde-amarelado e mostarda-castanha (Brassica juncea)
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.
How do you pronounce wasabi?
- Brazil /waˈsa.bi/
- Portugal /waˈsa.bi/
- Portugal [waˈsa.βi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wasabi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wasabi in Portuguese?
wasabi 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).