cuíca
Portuguese, noun/kuˈi.kɐ/
cuíca is spelled C-U-Í-C-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 86,274th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuíca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “any of several small opossum species” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de tambor pequeno, em forma de barril com uma pele bem esticada numa das bocas, em cujo centro se…”.
What does cuíca mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineany of several small opossum species
- 2
Brazilfemininecuica (Brazilian type of friction drum)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de tambor pequeno, em forma de barril com uma pele bem esticada numa das bocas, em cujo centro se prende uma vara que, atritada, faz vibrar o instrumento, produzindo um ronco característico
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 cuíca
- cuícas plural
- guaiquica alternative
- quaiquica alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuíca?
- Brazil /kuˈi.kɐ/
- Brazil /ˈkwi.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkwi.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 cuíca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cuíca in Portuguese?
cuíca appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).