piracema
Portuguese, noun/pi.ɾaˈsẽ.mɐ/
piracema is spelled P-I-R-A-C-E-M-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piracema is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the period of the year when fish migrate upriver to reproduce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cardume que sobe o rio para a desova”.
What does piracema mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininethe period of the year when fish migrate upriver to reproduce
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cardume que sobe o rio para a desova
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais
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 piracema
- piracemas plural
- pi.ra.ce.ma canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piracema?
- Brazil /pi.ɾaˈsẽ.mɐ/
- Portugal /pi.ɾɐˈse.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is piracema in Portuguese?
piracema appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).