cana-de-açúcar
Portuguese, noun/ˌkɐ̃.nɐ.d͡ʒi.aˈsu.kɐʁ/
cana-de-açúcar is spelled C-A-N-A-D-E-A-Ç-Ú-C-A-R (12 letters). Cana-de-açúcar is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sugar cane (species of grass (Saccharum officinarum), whose sap is a source of sugar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cana originária da Índia que fornece a sacarose, e também etanol utilizado na fabricação de combustível”.
What does cana-de-açúcar mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesugar cane (species of grass (Saccharum officinarum), whose sap is a source of sugar)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cana originária da Índia que fornece a sacarose, e também etanol utilizado na fabricação de combustível
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 cana-de-açúcar
- canas-de-açúcar plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cana-de-açúcar?
- Brazil /ˌkɐ̃.nɐ.d͡ʒi.aˈsu.kɐʁ/
- Brazil [ˌkɐ̃.nɐ.d͡ʒi.aˈsu.kɐh]
- /ˌkɐ̃.nɐ.d͡ʒi.aˈsu.kɐɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.