crustáceo
Portuguese, noun/kɾusˈta.sju/
crustáceo is spelled C-R-U-S-T-Á-C-E-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 67,344th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crustáceo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “crustacean (arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécime da classe taxonômica dos crustáceos”.
What does crustáceo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crustaceous
noun
- 1
masculinecrustacean (arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que possui crosta 2. que pertence ou está relacionado aos crustáceos
noun: 1. espécime da classe taxonômica dos crustáceos
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 crustáceo
- crustácea feminine
- crustáceos masculine plural
- crustáceas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crustáceo?
- Brazil /kɾusˈta.sju/
- /kɾuʃˈta.sju/
- Portugal /kɾuʃ.ˈta.sju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crustáceo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crustáceo in Portuguese?
crustáceo appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).