nácar
Portuguese, noun/ˈna.kɐʁ/
nácar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “nacre (pearly substance on the interior of mollusk shells)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância calcária, dura, brilhante, branca ou escura e iridescente produzida por diversos moluscos…”.
What does nácar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenacre (pearly substance on the interior of mollusk shells)
- 2
masculinedark pink or magenta
- 3
masculinecarmine
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedark pink or magenta in color
- 2
femininemasculinecarmine in color
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância calcária, dura, brilhante, branca ou escura e iridescente produzida por diversos moluscos, especialmente os bivalves; é o principal componente das pérolas
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 nácar
- nácares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nácar?
- Brazil /ˈna.kɐʁ/
- Brazil [ˈna.kɐh]
- /ˈna.kɐɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nácar in Portuguese?
nácar appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).