lacuna
Portuguese, noun/laˈkũ.nɐ/
lacuna is spelled L-A-C-U-N-A (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,528th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lacuna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hiatus (gap in a series)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “falha, falta, vazio, omissão, hiato”.
What does lacuna mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehiatus (gap in a series)
- 2
feminineblank (space to be filled in)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. falha, falta, vazio, omissão, hiato 2. cavidade intercelular 3. buraco 4. falha de continuidade
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 lacuna
- lacunas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lacuna?
- Brazil /laˈkũ.nɐ/
- Portugal /lɐˈku.nɐ/
- Portugal /lɐ.ˈku.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lacuna
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lacuna in Portuguese?
lacuna appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).