barracuda
Portuguese, noun/ba.ʁaˈku.dɐ/
barracuda is spelled B-A-R-R-A-C-U-D-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 55,453rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barracuda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “barracuda (large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe da família dos esfirenídeos”.
What does barracuda mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarracuda (large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe da família dos esfirenídeos
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 barracuda
- barracudas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barracuda?
- Brazil /ba.ʁaˈku.dɐ/
- Brazil [ba.haˈku.dɐ]
- /ba.ʁaˈku.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barracuda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barracuda in Portuguese?
barracuda 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).