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)

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), 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.

     And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. (KJV)

2. a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca