albacora
Portuguese, noun/aw.baˈkɔ.ɾɐ/
albacora is spelled A-L-B-A-C-O-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Albacora is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de atum, peixe escombrídeo das espécies: Thunnus albacares e Thunnus alalunga”.
What does albacora mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealbacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de atum, peixe escombrídeo das espécies: Thunnus albacares e Thunnus alalunga
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 albacora
- albacoras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce albacora?
- Brazil /aw.baˈkɔ.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.baˈkɔ.ɾɐ]
- Portugal /al.bɐˈkɔ.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to albacora
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is albacora in Portuguese?
albacora appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).