alcatra
Portuguese, noun/awˈka.tɾɐ/
alcatra is spelled A-L-C-A-T-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 80,231st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alcatra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rump (cut of meat from the rump of an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carne retirada do quadril do boi”.
What does alcatra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerump (cut of meat from the rump of an animal)
- 2
femininevulgarbuttock (of a person)
- 3
femininea beef stew characteristic of Terceira
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carne retirada do quadril do boi 2. nádega 3. nádegas
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 alcatra
- alcatras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alcatra?
- Brazil /awˈka.tɾɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈka.tɾɐ]
- Portugal /alˈka.tɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alcatra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alcatra in Portuguese?
alcatra appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).