caruma
Portuguese, noun/kaˈɾũ.mɐ/
caruma is spelled C-A-R-U-M-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese, the 211,654th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caruma is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pine needle (leaf of a pine tree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “folha de pinheiro”.
What does caruma mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepine needle (leaf of a pine tree)
- 2
femininespark
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. folha de pinheiro 2. película que reveste as castanhas ainda verdes e tenras 3. o mesmo que faúlha 4. o mesmo que grimpa
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 caruma
- carumas plural
- carumba alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caruma?
- Brazil /kaˈɾũ.mɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈɾu.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caruma in Portuguese?
caruma appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).