tábua

See also: tabua, tabúa, and Tábua

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• táboa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tavoa, from Latin tabula (“board; plank”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.bu.ɐ/ [ˈta.bʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈta.bwɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.bu.ɐ/ [ˈta.bʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈta.bwɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.bu.a/ [ˈta.bʊ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈta.bwa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈta.bwɐ/ [ˈta.βwɐ]

• Homophone: Tábua
• Hyphenation: tá‧bu‧a

Noun

tábua f (plural tábuas)

1. board; plank (long, flat piece of wood)

   Synonyms: ripa, prancha, sarrafo

   Usei tábuas de carvalho para fazer o assoalho.

   I used oak boards to build the floor.

2. chopping board (small board on which food is chopped)

   Synonyms: tábua de cortar, tabuleiro

   Piquei uns pepinos na tábua.

   I diced some cucumbers on the chopping board.

3. a small table for serving food or playing games

   Tábua de queijos.

   Cheese platter.

4. table (grid of data in rows and columns)

   Synonyms: quadro, (more common) tabela

   Procure o seu nome na tábua.

   Look for your name on the table.

5. (Brazil, slang) a refusal or rejection, especially of a marriage proposal

   Todo mundo viu a tábua que levei da minha ex-namorada.

   Everyone saw the rejection I got from my ex-girlfriend.

6. (Brazil, slang, derogatory) a woman who is very thin and has small breasts

   Tua mãe é uma tábua.

   Your mom is flat-chested.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “a woman with very small breasts”): peituda

Derived terms

• dar tábua
• levar tábua
• tábua de frios
• tábua de queijos
• tábua de Pitágoras
• tábua de ressonância
• tábua rasa

Related terms

• tabela
• tabuada
• tabuado
• tabuame
• tabuleiro
• távola

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: taaboa