Polyglot Dictionary

rabo

/ˈxabu/

o noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os rabos

Meaning

  1. tail

    • O cão abanou o rabo.

      The dog wagged its tail.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cauda

cauda is more formal or elegant, also used for non-animal tails, like a comet's tail or a dress's train; rabo is more colloquial and everyday — both mean "tail."

Similar in other languages

German

Schwanz

Schwanz is the German word for the same thing — both mean "tail."

Spanish

rabo

rabo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "tail."

Practice

1 What does rabo mean?

2 Fill the gap: O cão abanou o ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rabo?

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