alcaçuz
Portuguese, noun/aw.kaˈsu(j)s/
alcaçuz is spelled A-L-C-A-Ç-U-Z (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alcaçuz is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “liquorice (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designação comum a leguminosas do gênero Glycyrrhiza, especialmente a Glycyrrhiza glabra, cuja raiz, doce, é…”.
What does alcaçuz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineliquorice (plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. designação comum a leguminosas do gênero Glycyrrhiza, especialmente a Glycyrrhiza glabra, cuja raiz, doce, é medicinal 2. subarbusto de cerrado, da família das leguminosas (Periandra mediterranea), cuja raiz, adocicada, o povo considera medicinal 3. nome dado a qualquer outra planta que de alguma forma, especialmente pela doçura de sua raiz, se assemelhe às outras duas 4. pasta ou xarope feito da planta do gênero Glycyrrhiza
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 alcaçuz
- alcaçuzes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alcaçuz?
- Brazil /aw.kaˈsu(j)s/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.kaˈsu(ɪ̯)s]
- /aw.kaˈsu(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alcaçuz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alcaçuz in Portuguese?
alcaçuz appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).