caracu
Portuguese, noun
caracu is spelled C-A-R-A-C-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 157,828th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caracu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “caracu (a Brazilian breed of beef cattle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, caracú is a different word: “prescribed spelling of caracu under the Orthographic Agreement of…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “osso da perna de animal”.
What does caracu mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinecaracu (a Brazilian breed of beef cattle)
noun
- 1
masculineprescribed spelling of caracu under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not effectively implemented; now a common misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. osso da perna de animal 2. tutano dos ossos do boi 3. raça bovina de pelo curto e liso 4. coragem, braveza
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 caracu
- caracús plural
- caracus plural
- caracú alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is caracu in Portuguese?
caracu appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).