jacundá
Portuguese, noun/ʒa.kũˈda/
jacundá is spelled J-A-C-U-N-D-Á (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jacundá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pike cichlid (Crenicichia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum a vários peixes da família dos ciclídeos, do gênero Crenicichla”.
What does jacundá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepike cichlid (Crenicichia)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Pará
noun: 1. nome comum a vários peixes da família dos ciclídeos, do gênero Crenicichla 2. erva (Calathea ornata) da família das marantáceas, cultivada como ornamento 3. dança indígena na qual se representa a pesca do peixe jacundá
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 jacundá
- jacundás plural
- nhacundá alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jacundá?
- Brazil /ʒa.kũˈda/
- Portugal /ʒɐ.kũˈda/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jacundá in Portuguese?
jacundá appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).