cupim
Portuguese, noun/kuˈpĩ/
cupim is spelled C-U-P-I-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cupim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “termite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inseto eusocial da ordem Isoptera, que contém cerca de 2.800 espécies”.
What does cupim mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinetermite
- 2
Brazilmasculinethe hump of zebu cattle
- 3
Brazilmasculinea cut of meat taken from this hump
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inseto eusocial da ordem Isoptera, que contém cerca de 2.800 espécies 2. corte de carne bovina da região localizada na parte saliente em cima do pescoço dos bois zebuínos
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 cupim
- cupins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cupim?
- Brazil /kuˈpĩ/
- Portugal /kuˈpĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cupim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cupim in Portuguese?
cupim appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).