aardvark
Portuguese, noun/aʁ.d͡ʒiˈvaʁ.ki/
aardvark is spelled A-A-R-D-V-A-R-K (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 139,586th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aardvark is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “aardvark (mammal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero das savanas africanas (Orycteropus afer) onde habita toda a região subsaariana, único representante…”.
What does aardvark mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaardvark (mammal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero das savanas africanas (Orycteropus afer) onde habita toda a região subsaariana, único representante da ordem dos tubulidentados, com aproximadamente 1,20 metros de comprimento (sem a cauda) e 70 quilos, possui orelhas e focinho longos, hábitos noturnos e alimenta-se de formigas e cupins, que captura com o auxílio de sua língua comprida e viscosa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aardvark
- aardvarks plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aardvark?
- Brazil /aʁ.d͡ʒiˈvaʁ.ki/
- Brazil [aɦ.d͡ʒiˈvah.ki]
- Brazil /aʁd͡ʒˈvaʁ.ki/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aardvark in Portuguese?
aardvark appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).