curaçau
Portuguese, noun/ku.ɾaˈsaw/
curaçau is spelled C-U-R-A-Ç-A-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 141,055th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curaçau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “curaçao (liqueur)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “licor feito com cascas de laranja-da-terra, cravo, canela, entre outros ingredientes”.
What does curaçau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecuraçao (liqueur)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. país insular constituinte do Reino dos Países Baixos, localizado nas Pequenas Antilhas no sul do mar do Caribe (mar das Caraíbas) e na região do Caribe Neerlandês (Caraíbas Neerlandesas)
noun: 1. licor feito com cascas de laranja-da-terra, cravo, canela, entre outros ingredientes
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 curaçau
- curaçaus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce curaçau?
- Brazil /ku.ɾaˈsaw/
- Brazil [ku.ɾaˈsaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ku.ɾɐˈsaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to curaçau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is curaçau in Portuguese?
curaçau appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).