catira
Portuguese, noun/kaˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ/
catira is spelled C-A-T-I-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “synonym of cateretê” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dança do folclore brasileiro em que o ritmo musical é marcado pela batida dos pés e mãos dos dançarinos…”.
What does catira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinesynonym of cateretê
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dança do folclore brasileiro em que o ritmo musical é marcado pela batida dos pés e mãos dos dançarinos, acompanhados pelo som de viola caipira e cantoria típica caipira
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 catira
- catiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catira?
- Brazil /kaˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈti.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is catira in Portuguese?
catira appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).