motuca
Portuguese, noun/moˈtu.kɐ/
motuca is spelled M-O-T-U-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese, the 191,310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Motuca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a species of large fly that chases livestock and whose bite is very painful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inseto hematófago, muito comum na região amazônica e pré-amazônica”.
What does motuca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea species of large fly that chases livestock and whose bite is very painful
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 de São Paulo
noun: 1. inseto hematófago, muito comum na região amazônica e pré-amazônica
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 motuca
- motucas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce motuca?
- Brazil /moˈtu.kɐ/
- Portugal /muˈtu.kɐ/
- /muˈtu.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is motuca in Portuguese?
motuca appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).