zabumba
Portuguese, noun/zaˈbũ.bɐ/
zabumba is spelled Z-A-B-U-M-B-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zabumba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “zabumba” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chapéu alto e grande”.
What does zabumba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininezabumba
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chapéu alto e grande 2. tambor grande 3. zé-pereira 4. planta silvestre medicinal e tóxica de flores cônicas, estramónio/estramônio, Datura stramonium
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do imperativo afirmativo do verbo zabumbar
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 zabumba
- zabumbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zabumba?
- Brazil /zaˈbũ.bɐ/
- Portugal /zɐˈbũ.bɐ/
- Portugal [zɐˈβũ.bɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zabumba in Portuguese?
zabumba appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).