garupa
Portuguese, noun/ɡaˈɾu.pɐ/
garupa is spelled G-A-R-U-P-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garupa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rump (the hindquarters of an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte posterior de alguns animais, que vai dos rins até à cauda”.
What does garupa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerump (the hindquarters of an animal)
Fernando Tordo (1973), “Tourada”, (in Portuguese): “Entram cavaleiros à garupa / Do seu heroísmo
- 2
Brazilfemininethe back seat of a motorcycle or bicycle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte posterior de alguns animais, que vai dos rins até à cauda. 2. assento traseiro de uma moto ou bicicleta
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 garupa
- garupas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garupa?
- Brazil /ɡaˈɾu.pɐ/
- Portugal /ɡɐˈɾu.pɐ/
- Portugal /ɡɐ.ˈɾu.pɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to garupa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is garupa in Portuguese?
garupa 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).