yorubá
Portuguese, noun
yorubá is spelled Y-O-R-U-B-Á (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 72,332nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yorubá is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative spelling of yoruba” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, yoruba is a different word: “alternative form of iorubá”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que iorubá”.
What does yorubá mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinealternative spelling of yoruba
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of iorubá
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que ioruba
noun: 1. o mesmo que iorubá
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 yorubá
- yorubás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is yorubá in Portuguese?
yorubá appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).