cracolândia
Portuguese, noun/kɾa.koˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒjɐ/
cracolândia is spelled C-R-A-C-O-L-Â-N-D-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cracolândia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “an area where crack cocaine or other street drugs are sold or consumed; (by extension, collective) drug dealers and drug users” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “local onde ocorre grande aglomeração de usuários de entorpecentes para o consumo de drogas ilícitas, em…”.
What does cracolândia mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialfemininean area where crack cocaine or other street drugs are sold or consumed; (by extension, collective) drug dealers and drug users
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. local onde ocorre grande aglomeração de usuários de entorpecentes para o consumo de drogas ilícitas, em especial o consumo de craque
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 cracolândia
- cracolândias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cracolândia?
- Brazil /kɾa.koˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cracolândia in Portuguese?
cracolândia appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).