alpaca
Portuguese, noun/awˈpa.kɐ/
alpaca is spelled A-L-P-A-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alpaca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alpaca (Vicugna pacos, a camelid of the Andes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Vicugna pacos, mamífero natural dos Andes, pertencente à família dos camelídeos; parente próximo da lhama e…”.
What does alpaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealpaca (Vicugna pacos, a camelid of the Andes)
- 2
femininealpaca (wool from the alpaca)
noun
- 1
femininenickel silver (alloy of copper, zinc and nickel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vicugna pacos, mamífero natural dos Andes, pertencente à família dos camelídeos; parente próximo da lhama e da vicunha
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 alpaca
- alpacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alpaca?
- Brazil /awˈpa.kɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈpa.kɐ]
- Portugal /alˈpa.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alpaca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alpaca in Portuguese?
alpaca appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).