guaxinim
Portuguese, noun/ɡwa.ʃiˈnĩ/
guaxinim is spelled G-U-A-X-I-N-I-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guaxinim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “raccoon (Procyon lotor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero onívoro da família Procyonidae, de nome científico Procyon cancrivorus (espécie sul-americana) ou…”.
What does guaxinim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineraccoon (Procyon lotor)
- 2
masculineraccoon (any mammal of the genus Procyon)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero onívoro da família Procyonidae, de nome científico Procyon cancrivorus (espécie sul-americana) ou Procyon lotor (espécie norte-americana), reconhecido pela “máscara” preta ao redor dos olhos e cauda com anéis, encontrado nas Américas e, como espécie introduzida, em outras regiões
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 guaxinim
- guaxinins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guaxinim?
- Brazil /ɡwa.ʃiˈnĩ/
- Portugal /ɡwa.ʃiˈnĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guaxinim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guaxinim in Portuguese?
guaxinim 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).