peruca
Portuguese, noun/piˈɾu.kɐ/
peruca is spelled P-E-R-U-C-A (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,223rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peruca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “wig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cabeleira postiça”.
What does peruca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewig
- 2
femininechignon
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cabeleira postiça 2. chinó
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 peruca
- perucas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peruca?
- Brazil /piˈɾu.kɐ/
- Brazil /peˈɾu.kɐ/
- Portugal /pɨˈɾu.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peruca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peruca in Portuguese?
peruca appears 3.0 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).