cutícula
Portuguese, noun/kuˈt͡ʃi.ku.lɐ/
cutícula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cuticle (hardened skin around the nail)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “película, epiderme”.
What does cutícula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecuticle (hardened skin around the nail)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. película, epiderme 2. película de cutina que reveste a epiderme de certas plantas
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 cutícula
- cutículas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cutícula?
- Brazil /kuˈt͡ʃi.ku.lɐ/
- Portugal /kuˈti.ku.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cutícula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cutícula in Portuguese?
cutícula appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).