curupí
Spanish, noun[kuɾuˈpi]
curupí is spelled C-U-R-U-P-Í (6 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish, the 335,022nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curupí is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Sapium haematospermum, a South American tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Sapiun aucuparium). Árbol de hojas pequeñas, verdes y lucientes, que despide un jugo lechoso que los indios…”.
What does curupí mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSapium haematospermum, a South American tree.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Sapiun aucuparium). Árbol de hojas pequeñas, verdes y lucientes, que despide un jugo lechoso que los indios guaraníes usaban para envenenar la punta de sus flechas como el mulli de los quechuas, y de aquí la superstición de las gentes del campo que jamás se acuestan a su sombra porque es nociva, según dicen. Se le llama también "árbol de la leche" y "lecherón".
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of curupí
- curupíes plural
- curupís plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce curupí?
- [kuɾuˈpi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is curupí in Spanish?
curupí appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).