centáurea
Portuguese, noun/sẽˈtaw.ɾjɐ/
centáurea is spelled C-E-N-T-Á-U-R-E-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese, the 189,447th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centáurea is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena planta anual de flor azul a violeta, nativa da Europa e pertencente à família Asteraceae”.
What does centáurea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena planta anual de flor azul a violeta, nativa da Europa e pertencente à família Asteraceae
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 centáurea
- centáureas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centáurea?
- Brazil /sẽˈtaw.ɾjɐ/
- Brazil [sẽˈtaʊ̯.ɾjɐ]
- Portugal /sẽˈtaw.ɾjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to centáurea
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is centáurea in Portuguese?
centáurea appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).