coruja
Portuguese, noun/kuˈɾu.ʒɐ/
coruja is spelled C-O-R-U-J-A (6 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coruja is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “owl (a bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave de rapina de hábitos noturnos”.
What does coruja mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineowl (a bird)
As corujas caçam à noite.
- 2
femininenight person
adjective
- 1
feminineinformalmasculineoverprotective
- 2
femininemasculinenocturnal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que muito cuida, é zeloso e protetor
noun: 1. ave de rapina de hábitos noturnos 2. pessoa com hábitos noturnos
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 coruja
- corujas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coruja?
- Brazil /kuˈɾu.ʒɐ/
- Brazil /koˈɾu.ʒɐ/
- Portugal /kuˈɾu.ʒɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coruja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coruja in Portuguese?
coruja appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).