cru
Portuguese, adjective/ˈkɾu/
cru is spelled C-R-U (3 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cru is a Portuguese adjective meaning “raw (uncooked, unprocessed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não foi cozido ou não foi cozido o suficiente”.
What does cru mean in English?
adjective
- 1
raw (uncooked, unprocessed)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não foi cozido ou não foi cozido o suficiente 2. que não foi tratado ou processado 3. que não está maduro 4. sem amenização à percepção, que é como realmente é
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 cru
- crua feminine
- crus masculine plural
- cruas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cru?
- Brazil /ˈkɾu/
- Portugal /ˈkɾu/
- Brazil /"k4u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cru
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cru in Portuguese?
cru 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).