açu
Portuguese, noun/aˈsu/
açu is spelled A-Ç-U (3 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Açu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “clipping of jacaré-açu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Norte”.
What does açu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculinevery large
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineclipping of jacaré-açu
suffix
- 1
femininemasculineforms augmentative of nouns
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Norte
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 açu
- açus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce açu?
- Brazil /aˈsu/
- Portugal /ɐˈsu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is açu in Portuguese?
açu appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).