eruca
Portuguese, noun/eˈɾu.kɐ/
eruca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “caterpillar (the larval stage of a lepidopteran)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does eruca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerarecaterpillar (the larval stage of a lepidopteran)
- 2
femininerarecaterpillar track (continuous track used by many types of off-road vehicles in place of wheels)
- 3
femininerarecaterpillar (a vehicle with caterpillar tracks)
- 4
femininerarearugula (plant of the genus Eruca)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of eruca
- erucas plural
- eruga alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eruca?
- Brazil /eˈɾu.kɐ/
- Portugal /iˈɾu.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is eruca in Portuguese?
eruca appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).