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craca

Portuguese, noun/ˈkɾa.kɐ/

craca is spelled C-R-A-C-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Craca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “barnacle (marine crustacean that attaches itself to surfaces)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does craca mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebarnacle (marine crustacean that attaches itself to surfaces)

  2. 2

    femininegrime (encrusted filth)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of craca

  • cracas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce craca?

  • Brazil /ˈkɾa.kɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈkɾa.kɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to craca

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is craca in Portuguese?

craca appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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