zabelê
Portuguese, noun/za.beˈle/
zabelê is spelled Z-A-B-E-L-Ê (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zabelê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a species of bird native to Brazil (Crypturellus zabele)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que jaó”.
What does zabelê mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea species of bird native to Brazil (Crypturellus zabele)
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 jaó.
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado da Paraíba
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 zabelê
- zabelês plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zabelê?
- Brazil /za.beˈle/
- Portugal /zɐ.bɨˈle/
- Portugal [zɐ.βɨˈle]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zabelê in Portuguese?
zabelê appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).