igara
Portuguese, noun/iˈɡa.ɾɐ/
igara is spelled I-G-A-R-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Igara is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a flat-bottomed, single-piece canoe carved from a tree trunk with an elevated stern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena canoa, feita geralmente de um tronco de árvore escavada”.
What does igara mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininea flat-bottomed, single-piece canoe carved from a tree trunk with an elevated stern
- 2
BrazilfeminineAny vessel.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena canoa, feita geralmente de um tronco de árvore escavada
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 igara
- igaras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce igara?
- Brazil /iˈɡa.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /iˈɡa.ɾɐ/
- Portugal [iˈɣa.ɾɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is igara in Portuguese?
igara appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).