Rebeca

Rebeca

See also: rebeca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈbɛ.kɐ/ [heˈbɛ.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈbɛ.kɐ/ [heˈbɛ.kɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈbɛ.kɐ/ [χeˈbɛ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈbɛ.ka/ [heˈbɛ.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈbɛ.kɐ/ [ʁɨˈβɛ.kɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: Re‧be‧ca

Proper noun

Rebeca f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca or Rebekah
2. (biblical) Rebekah (sister of Laban and wife to Isaac)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈbeka/ [reˈβ̞e.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: Re‧be‧ca

Proper noun

Rebeca f

1. Rebekah (biblical character)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 25:20:

     Y era Isaac de cuarenta años cuando tomó por mujer á Rebeca, hija de Bethuel Arameo de Padan-aram, hermana de Labán Arameo.

2. a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca