carapanã
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɾa.paˈnɐ̃/
carapanã is spelled C-A-R-A-P-A-N-Ã (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 171,147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carapanã is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Tucanoan language spoken by the Carapanã people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indígena pertencente a tribo dos carapanãs”.
What does carapanã mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinerelating to the Carapanã or to the language (South American indigenous group)
noun
- 1
masculineTucanoan language spoken by the Carapanã people
noun
- 1
mosquito
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. indígena pertencente a tribo dos carapanãs 2. o idioma dos carapanãs, da família linguística tucana 3. mosquito
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 carapanã
- carapanãs plural
- f same meaning canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carapanã?
- Brazil /ka.ɾa.paˈnɐ̃/
- Portugal /kɐ.ɾɐ.pɐˈnɐ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carapanã in Portuguese?
carapanã appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).