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curicaca

Portuguese, noun/ku.ɾiˈka.kɐ/

curicaca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “buff-necked ibis (Theristicus caudatus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does curicaca mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebuff-necked ibis (Theristicus caudatus)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of curicaca

  • curicacas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce curicaca?

  • Brazil /ku.ɾiˈka.kɐ/
  • Portugal /ku.ɾiˈka.kɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is curicaca in Portuguese?

curicaca appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).