cutia
Portuguese, noun/kuˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
cutia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “agouti (any rodent in the genus Dasyprocta)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero roedor de pequeno porte do gênero Dasyprocta e família Dasyproctidae; mede entre 49 e 64 centímetros…”.
What does cutia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineagouti (any rodent in the genus Dasyprocta)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mulher atrevida, mandona, chata 2. malcriada, ignorante
noun: 1. mamífero roedor de pequeno porte do gênero Dasyprocta e família Dasyproctidae; mede entre 49 e 64 centímetros e pesa, em média, de 3kg a 6kg
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 cutia
- cutias plural
- cotia alternative obsolete
- aguti alternative
- aguchi alternative
- acouti alternative
- acuti alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cutia?
- Brazil /kuˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
- Portugal /kuˈti.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cutia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cutia in Portuguese?
cutia appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).