pecari
Portuguese, noun/pe.kaˈɾi/
pecari is spelled P-E-C-A-R-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese, the 229,473rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pecari is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “any animal of the Tayassuidae family (a wild pig family of the Americas)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pecari mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany animal of the Tayassuidae family (a wild pig family of the Americas)
- 2
masculinewhite-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), a hog-like animal species found in Central and South America
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pecari
- pecaris plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pecari?
- Brazil /pe.kaˈɾi/
- Portugal /pɨ.kɐˈɾi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pecari
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pecari in Portuguese?
pecari appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).