canguru
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃.ɡuˈɾu/
canguru is spelled C-A-N-G-U-R-U (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,488th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canguru is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kangaroo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero marsupial da Austrália, capaz de dar grandes saltos”.
What does canguru mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekangaroo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero marsupial da Austrália, capaz de dar grandes saltos
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 canguru
- cangurus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canguru?
- Brazil /kɐ̃.ɡuˈɾu/
- Portugal /kɐ̃.ɡuˈɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canguru
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canguru in Portuguese?
canguru appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).