cambucá
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃.buˈka/
cambucá is spelled C-A-M-B-U-C-Á (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cambucá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a tropical fruit tree native to South America (Eugenia dysenterica)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruta proveniente do cambucazeiro”.
What does cambucá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea tropical fruit tree native to South America (Eugenia dysenterica)
- 2
masculinethe fruit of this tree
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fruta proveniente do cambucazeiro 2. planta homônima (homónima) que gera esta fruta
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 cambucá
- cambucás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cambucá?
- Brazil /kɐ̃.buˈka/
- Portugal /kɐ̃.buˈka/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cambucá in Portuguese?
cambucá appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).