mandacaru
Portuguese, noun
mandacaru is spelled M-A-N-D-A-C-A-R-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandacaru is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mandacaru (Cereus jamacaru)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, mandacarú is a different word: “prescribed spelling of mandacaru under the Orthographic Agreement of…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cacto (Cereus jamacaru) nativo do Brasil, de porte arbóreo, ramificado, com flores grandes que se abrem à…”.
What does mandacaru mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinemandacaru (Cereus jamacaru)
noun
- 1
masculineprescribed spelling of mandacaru under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not effectively implemented; now a common misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cacto (Cereus jamacaru) nativo do Brasil, de porte arbóreo, ramificado, com flores grandes que se abrem à noite, típico da caatinga, onde serve de alimento ao gado, e também cultivado como ornamental e por propriedades terapêuticas
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 mandacaru
- mandacarus plural
- jamacaru alternative
- mandacarú alternative misspelling
- mandacarús plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is mandacaru in Portuguese?
mandacaru appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).