jiripoca
Portuguese, noun/ʒi.ɾiˈpɔ.kɐ/
jiripoca is spelled J-I-R-I-P-O-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese, the 232,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jiripoca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “any of a number fresh water fishes of the rivers of the Amazon Rainforest and Southeast Brazil, such as Hemieorubim platyrhynchus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does jiripoca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineany of a number fresh water fishes of the rivers of the Amazon Rainforest and Southeast Brazil, such as Hemieorubim platyrhynchus
- 2
feminineany of a number of fresh water fishes from other regions of Brazil, such as Sorubim lima
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of jiripoca
- jiripocas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jiripoca?
- Brazil /ʒi.ɾiˈpɔ.kɐ/
- Portugal /ʒi.ɾiˈpɔ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jiripoca in Portuguese?
jiripoca appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).