ipecacuanha
Portuguese, noun/i.pe.ka.kuˈɐ̃.ɲɐ/
ipecacuanha is spelled I-P-E-C-A-C-U-A-N-H-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 141,055th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ipecacuanha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ipecacuanha (flowering plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ipecacuanha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineipecacuanha (flowering plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of ipecacuanha
- ipecacuanhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ipecacuanha?
- Brazil /i.pe.ka.kuˈɐ̃.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [i.pe.ka.kuˈɐ̃.j̃ɐ]
- Brazil /i.pe.kaˈkwɐ̃.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ipecacuanha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ipecacuanha in Portuguese?
ipecacuanha appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).