tábua

Meaning

1. (feminine) board; plank (long, flat piece of wood)
2. (feminine) chopping board (small board on which food is chopped)
3. (feminine) a small table for serving food or playing games
4. (feminine) table (grid of data in rows and columns)
5. (Brazil,feminine,slang) a refusal or rejection, especially of a marriage proposal
6. (Brazil,derogatory,feminine,slang) a woman who is very thin and has small breasts

Hyphenated as

tá‧bu‧a

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈta.bu.ɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tavoa, from Latin tabula (“board; plank”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of tábula, which is a borrowing.