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web

Portuguese, noun/uˈɛ.bi/

web is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the World Wide Web” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rede mundial de computadores”.

What does web mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininethe World Wide Web

prefix

as web-
  1. 1

    colloquialof, on, or through the Web, as opposed to real life; virtual

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. rede mundial de computadores

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 web?

  • Brazil /uˈɛ.bi/
  • Brazil /ˈwɛ.bi/
  • Portugal /ˈwɛ.bɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is web in Portuguese?

web appears 71 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).