açucena
Portuguese, noun/a.suˈsẽ.nɐ/
açucena is spelled A-Ç-U-C-E-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 65,361st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Açucena is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Planta bulbosa da família das Liliáceas”.
What does açucena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelily
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Planta bulbosa da família das Liliáceas; 2. Lírio branco; cecém; bordão-de-são-josé; 3. Pessoa cândida, inocente, pura; 4. (Brasil) Abertura do castiçal;
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais
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 açucena
- açucenas plural
- a.çu.ce.na canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce açucena?
- Brazil /a.suˈsẽ.nɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.suˈse.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is açucena in Portuguese?
açucena appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).