cururu
Portuguese, noun/ku.ɾuˈɾu/
cururu is spelled C-U-R-U-R-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cururu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “climbing plant of the sapindaceae family with poisonous juice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum a algumas espécies de sapo grande bufonídeo do gênero Rhinella (antigamente Bufo), particularmente…”.
What does cururu mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineclimbing plant of the sapindaceae family with poisonous juice
- 2
Brazilmasculinefruit of this plant used by the indigenous people to poison their arrows
- 3
BrazilmasculineTree (Dialium guianense) of the legume family, native to the Guianas and Brazil, with reddish, hard wood
- 4
Brazilmasculinecommon name for some large frogs of the bufonidae family
- 5
Brazilmasculinecommon name for several small rodents with a cylindrical body, large head, very small ears, short neck and tail, strong and long claws and stiff bristles on their paws
- 6
Brazilmasculinea kind of drumming
- 7
masculinecircle dance
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está sem ânimo, sem motivação
noun: 1. nome comum a algumas espécies de sapo grande bufonídeo do gênero Rhinella (antigamente Bufo), particularmente as espécies R. diptycha, R. icterica ou R. marina 2. o peixe pacumã, por analogia ao sapo (Lophiosilurus alexandri) 3. antiga dança popular, de origem indígena
noun: 1. forma antiga de se grafar cururu.
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 cururu
- cururus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cururu?
- Brazil /ku.ɾuˈɾu/
- Portugal /ku.ɾuˈɾu/
- /ku.ɾuˈɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cururu in Portuguese?
cururu appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).