acupuntura
Portuguese, noun/a.ku.pũˈtu.ɾɐ/
acupuntura is spelled A-C-U-P-U-N-T-U-R-A (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acupuntura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of acupunturar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “picada feita com agulha”.
What does acupuntura mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. picada feita com agulha 2. operação terapêutica de origem chinesa que consiste em introduzir uma ou várias agulhas metálicas finas em pontos, chamados acupontos, do corpo humano para tratamento ou aliviar dores
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo acupunturar
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 acupuntura
- acupunturas plural
- acupunctura alternative uncommon
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acupuntura?
- Brazil /a.ku.pũˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.ku.pũˈtu.ɾɐ/
- /a.ku.pun.ˈtu.ɾa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acupuntura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acupuntura in Portuguese?
acupuntura appears 1.1 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).