peru
Portuguese, noun
peru is spelled P-E-R-U (4 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,420th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peru is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, perú is a different word: “prescribed spelling of peru under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave da família dos Fasianídeos apreciada em culinária”.
What does peru mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
- 2
masculineturkey (any bird in the genus Meleagris)
noun
- 1
masculineturkey (flesh or meat of the turkey eaten as food)
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinea goal resulting from a shameful mistake by the goalkeeper
- 2
Brazilmasculinevulgarpenis
noun
- 1
masculineprescribed spelling of peru 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. país da América do Sul, onde se fala castelhano e cuja capital é Lima
noun: 1. ave da família dos Fasianídeos apreciada em culinária 2. embarcação de carga em forma de canoa 3. namorado ridículo 4. genitália masculina, pênis
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 peru
- perus plural
- perua feminine
- peruas feminine plural
- perú alternative
- perús plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to peru
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peru in Portuguese?
peru appears 38 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).