grua
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɾu.ɐ/
grua is spelled G-R-U-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grua is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “crane (lifting device)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparelho usado para levantar pesos”.
What does grua mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecrane (lifting device)
- 2
femininefemale crane
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aparelho usado para levantar pesos 2. aparelho usado para elevar a câmera do rés do chão nas filmagens 3. máquina para abastecer as locomotivas com água
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 grua
- gruas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grua?
- Brazil /ˈɡɾu.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˈɡɾu.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 grua
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grua in Portuguese?
grua appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).