aruanã
Portuguese, noun/a.ɾu.aˈnɐ̃/
aruanã is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que aruaná (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)”.
What does aruanã mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinesilver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)
- 2
Brazilmasculinearowana; bonytongue (any fish in the family Osteoglossidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Goiás
noun: 1. peixe teleósteo osteoglossiforme da família dos osteoglossídeos (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum), encontrado no rio Amazonas e em seus afluentes, com cerca de 1 m de comprimento, corpo alongado, boca oblíqua, dois curtos barbilhões no maxilar inferior, dorso branco-acinzentado e ventre amarelado [A pele pode ser usada como couro; os pescadores amazonenses acreditam que estes peixes sejam atraídos por um
noun: 1. o mesmo que aruaná (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)
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 aruanã
- aruanãs plural
- aruaná alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aruanã?
- Brazil /a.ɾu.aˈnɐ̃/
- Brazil /a.ɾwaˈnɐ̃/
- Portugal /ɐ.ɾwɐˈnɐ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aruanã
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aruanã in Portuguese?
aruanã appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).