cagarra
Portuguese, noun/kaˈɡa.ʁɐ/
cagarra is spelled C-A-G-A-R-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese, the 258,761st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cagarra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “shearwater (Calonectris diomedea, a seabird of the Atlantic and Mediterranean)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of cagarro. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave procelariiforme do mediterrâneo e atlântico que vive quase continuamente no mar só vai para terra na…”.
What does cagarra mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshearwater (Calonectris diomedea, a seabird of the Atlantic and Mediterranean)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cagarro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave procelariiforme do mediterrâneo e atlântico que vive quase continuamente no mar só vai para terra na época de reprodução da espécie, de plumagem cinzenta acastanhada no dorso e branca no ventre, o seu bico amarelo diferencia-a de outras espécies (Calonectris diomedea) 2. recebem este nome distintas aves procelariiformes
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 cagarra
- cagarras plural
- cagarro alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cagarra?
- Brazil /kaˈɡa.ʁɐ/
- Brazil [kaˈɡa.hɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cagarra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cagarra in Portuguese?
cagarra appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).