aracuã
Portuguese, noun/a.ɾa.kuˈɐ̃/
aracuã is spelled A-R-A-C-U-Ã (6 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written Portuguese, the 262,312th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aracuã is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “chachalaca (any bird in the genus Ortalis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome dado a espécies de aves do gênero Ortalis”.
What does aracuã mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculinechachalaca (any bird in the genus Ortalis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome dado a espécies de aves do gênero Ortalis
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 aracuã
- aracuãs plural
- aracuan alternative obsolete
- araquã alternative
- aranquã alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aracuã?
- Brazil /a.ɾa.kuˈɐ̃/
- Brazil /a.ɾaˈkwɐ̃/
- Portugal /ɐ.ɾɐˈkwɐ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aracuã in Portuguese?
aracuã appears about once in every 93 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).