acúleo
Portuguese, noun/aˈku.lju/
acúleo is spelled A-C-Ú-L-E-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese, the 264,336th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acúleo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thorn (sharp protective spine of a plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aguilhão”.
What does acúleo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethorn (sharp protective spine of a plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aguilhão 2. espinho de certas plantas como as silvas, roseiras, etc.
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 acúleo
- acúleos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acúleo?
- Brazil /aˈku.lju/
- Portugal /ɐˈku.lju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acúleo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acúleo in Portuguese?
acúleo appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).