acupunctura
Portuguese, noun/ɐ.ku.pũˈk.tu.ɾɐ/
acupunctura is spelled A-C-U-P-U-N-C-T-U-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 95,562nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acupunctura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of acupuntura” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ramo da medicina originário da China que tem como base a aplicação de agulhas em pontos determinados dos…”.
What does acupunctura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of acupuntura
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ramo da medicina originário da China que tem como base a aplicação de agulhas em pontos determinados dos chamados meridianos, lugares de condução energética, tratando de equilibrar o chi e trazer a sanidade
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo acupuncturar
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 acupunctura
- acupuncturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acupunctura?
- Portugal /ɐ.ku.pũˈk.tu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acupunctura in Portuguese?
acupunctura appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).