caruru
Portuguese, noun
caruru is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “An Afro-Brazilian food made from okra, onion, shrimp, palm oil and toasted nuts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, carurú is a different word: “prescribed spelling of caruru under the Orthographic Agreement of…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “denominação dada a várias plantas sendo algumas usadas em culinária”.
What does caruru mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineAn Afro-Brazilian food made from okra, onion, shrimp, palm oil and toasted nuts.
- 2
masculineAny of several edible plants of the genus Amaranthus.
noun
- 1
masculineprescribed spelling of caruru 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. denominação dada a várias plantas sendo algumas usadas em culinária 2. espécie de esparregado 3. apetitoso iguaria preparada com peixe, carne de galinha, azeite, malaguetas, etc. 4. um prato típico da Bahia e região norte, feito com quiabo, cebola, camarão e dendê
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 caruru
- carurus plural
- carurú alternative
- carurús plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is caruru in Portuguese?
caruru appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).