zorba
Portuguese, noun/ˈzɔʁ.bɐ/
zorba is spelled Z-O-R-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zorba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “male underpants” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cueca”.
What does zorba mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialfemininemale underpants
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cueca
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 zorba
- zorbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zorba?
- Brazil /ˈzɔʁ.bɐ/
- Brazil [ˈzɔɦ.bɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zorba in Portuguese?
zorba appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).