acará
Portuguese, noun/a.kaˈɾa/
acará is spelled A-C-A-R-Á (5 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acará is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “acara (common name of various fish in the family Cichlidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe da família dos ciclídeos, populares como peixes de aquário”.
What does acará mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineacara (common name of various fish in the family Cichlidae)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of acarajé
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe da família dos ciclídeos, populares como peixes de aquário
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Pará
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 acará
- acarás plural
- cará alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acará?
- Brazil /a.kaˈɾa/
- Portugal /ɐ.kɐˈɾa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acará in Portuguese?
acará appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).